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by uncletammy
966 days ago
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I'm one of these people. The problem I have is trust. Ads or nit, I no longer trust Facebook to not continue violating my privacy WHILE I'm a paying customer. The trust has been broken and without data transparency and regulations with teeth, I simply won't give them another chance. |
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You're right to be skeptical of companies that "believe in an ad supported Internet".
Not so long ago we learned Google's toggle to turn off your web activity history turned off your ability to see your history, not Google's collection of it:
That document goes on to state: "Contrary to Mr Pichai's Congressional testimony, the founder of Google's Privacy and Data Protection Office testified in this case that he is 'not aware of any setting' that users can employ to prevent Google from collecting data related to their app activity."
Much of the issue, allegedly, is that WAA, rather than saving data when on and not saving it when off, simply saves data in a different place – not in the Google Account data set. Addressing the confusion about the bounds of Google Accounts, Hochman said, "So I'm aware that Google may save data in different locations, depending on where that WAA/sWAA switch is set. It is still collecting the same data and still saving it, but it may save it in different places."
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/24/google_privacy_button...