• Soulphite@reddthat.com
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    19 hours ago

    I’m sure you’re aware while you traverse in public you are on camera pretty much the entire time, right? There are cameras everywhere always filming, some you know about and can clearly see, some you will never know about and never see. Your face is in a database whether you consent or not.

    The part about Facebook knowing your information without your consent? Do you have an account with them?

    • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de
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      19 hours ago

      i know, doesn’t change my stance. i don’t have a facebook account, at most a shadow profile because others may talk about me

    • matlag@sh.itjust.works
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      16 hours ago

      The proliferation of cameras in public is not a good thing. I am yet to see data showing it reduces criminality (supposed to be the intent), meanwhile it’s a massive surveillance system.

      And the fact that a given situation is bad is hardly a good argument to promote making it worse.

      Meta collects data on everyone: from contact info in cellphone through their apps, uploaded photos, videos etc. If you don’t have an account nor consent to anything, they will just not show the data, but will still build the profile combining different sources and feed it to its algorithms.

      It has been a well known practice for many years.

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      17 hours ago

      Facebook has a profile on everyone. Accounts or not. They are just like every other data broker. All they want is access to more data and more data.

      All that medical data is the holy grail… Anyone who thinks medical data will remain private is naive. All it takes is very deep pockets and lawmakers who want contributions to change the laws.