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by drugme 2592 days ago
"Orders or magnitude" (plural) means something on the order of 100x.

Which suggest to me that either you're either exaggerating quite a bit - or you were using the term without quite knowing what it means. (Which something more specific than simply "a lot").
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root_axis 2592 days ago
lol, I know what the term means, thanks.

Anyway, a 100x tracking surface area is pretty accurate and not an exaggeration in the least; if anything it is too conservative of an estimate. Just Android, search and analytics on their own are easily 100x the tracking surface area of everything Facebook does, that's without considering:

gmail, home, docs, amp, drive, maps, hangouts, chrome, chrome os, messages, voice, ads, gcp, youtube, firebase, music, waze, play-store, places, wallet, domains, duo and so many more. I don't understand how this isn't completely obvious.

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drugme 2591 days ago
I don't understand how this isn't completely obvious.

Because you're living in a bubble, and have grown accustomed to thinking that everyone else is using the same lenses to view the world as you are.

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root_axis 2590 days ago
The "bubble" is called reality; I elaborated on my point with detailed reasoning and all you've done is throw around insults like a troll. No point in continuing this discussion any further. Have a nice day.
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drugme 2589 days ago
I elaborated on my point with detailed reasoning

It was extremely hand-wavy, actually.

Whether you take that as an insult or not is up to you.

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