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What? Facebook is using my data? I thought I could trust them! 😳
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I mean, /s if you couldn't tell.
But I copied and pasted that definitely legally binding status update saying I didn't authorize them to use my data.
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The average user :
Ooh golly.... what will I ever do... Continues using Facebook
i use facebook because there are groups i need to be in, it’s not always as easy as just leaving apps you don’t like the management of
No, it's pretty easy, just inconvenient. Let's not get it twisted. Need a guide?
Edit: I too have groups for school, parents groups, work, hobbies, etc... that I 'need' to be in. I refuse and make them find a work around all the while schooling the ignorant folks on privacy and why it's important. Personally anything else is just a cop out.
They literally ad d ed the tagging function on images to improve their facial detection so I doubt that this is a surprise to anyone!
Not surprised. Anything you see online is being fed to some garbage AI. Either they say it or they don't say anything and scrape it anyway
"It's out there, it's ours."
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And the sky is blue
Most obvious headline of the day.
Everybody start posting nothing but quotes from ChatGPT, quick!
I had to check the date on this article - somehow, it's from September of 2023.ev.
We've known this for how long, exactly? Over a decade? Maybe a bit less?