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by malvosenior 2594 days ago
Google has far greater potential for invading an individual's privacy than Facebook does. Google has Android, Chrome, search, maps and gmail (and now photos). Those are all very critical pieces to a person's real world life. Facebook has FB, Instagram and WhatsApp. Yes, some private communication but it's limited to "social networking". Your taxes and utility bills don't get mailed to FB Messenger. You don't search for cancer research on Instagram and Facebook can't tell what other apps are installed on your phone.
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I’ve been getting ads on Instagram for health issues I discussed on reddit.
I met a lady the other day who said that her job at google was a PM for their advanced technologies group doing “infiltration” into people’s lives.