It sounds more from the article that Appsflyer did the monitoring. Apps integrated it for telemetry for their own usage, and as usual, such information is for sale. They then sold data sets to...
It sounds more from the article that Appsflyer did the monitoring. Apps integrated it for telemetry for their own usage, and as usual, such information is for sale. They then sold data sets to TikTok, who used it for ad targeting.
Facebook and Google also push analytics suites and advertising targeting products that apps use, and they harvest the information from them in aggregate and use them in the same way.
This isn't unusual. It's terrible that we don't have privacy laws with suitable teeth, but this is such a commonplace behavior that pasting the "TikTok did a thing, rarr outrage noises" nonsense over it elicits an eye roll.
I cannot believe that privacy laws are as abysmal as they are. Frankly, one possible advantage from America decoupling itself from the world is that policy regimes, law and most of all,...
I cannot believe that privacy laws are as abysmal as they are. Frankly, one possible advantage from America decoupling itself from the world is that policy regimes, law and most of all, alternative options are likely to take shape.
You're right, but I'd bet that the public or thinking from certain other American periods would be shocked to see it. The public were baited pretty hard with the promise of easy socialization and...
You're right, but I'd bet that the public or thinking from certain other American periods would be shocked to see it.
The public were baited pretty hard with the promise of easy socialization and it worked. Apparently, former members of the CIA said that they should have thought of Facebook - what an easy way to get the public to volunteer information, and in such a well organized way!
Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. It seems like we're in what will eventually be considered a frenzied time in history. All momentum, with caution going ever to the wind as we build machines...
Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. It seems like we're in what will eventually be considered a frenzied time in history. All momentum, with caution going ever to the wind as we build machines that are increasingly too big to fail.
Do you think that climate change, impending doom and the lack of an optimistic north star in the culture (see popular apocalyptic narratives) amplifies the crazy or doesn't affect it at all?
Do you think that climate change, impending doom and the lack of an optimistic north star in the culture (see popular apocalyptic narratives) amplifies the crazy or doesn't affect it at all?
If I believed in a good faith government (one which is full of people who understand their role and execute it in good faith), then having it monitor citizens for safety seems like a good thing. I...
If I believed in a good faith government (one which is full of people who understand their role and execute it in good faith), then having it monitor citizens for safety seems like a good thing. I don't, but I guess a lot of people do.
Even if I believed in a good faith government, I believe more that people should have the right to privacy, even if they are using it for evil. Said evil will eventually overflow and turn into a...
Even if I believed in a good faith government, I believe more that people should have the right to privacy, even if they are using it for evil. Said evil will eventually overflow and turn into a legitimate reason to prosecute, with proper avenues to obtain access to privacy, such as the old school wiretapping or lesser invasive, having those two donut-eating guys sitting outside the mafia front watching the comings and goings from the abandoned building across the street through binoculars.
My first reaction was indeed "oh cool. So just like every American tech company". The red scare is really losing its teeth among the new generation. "China bad" doesn't work when "US even worse"...
This isn't unusual. It's terrible that we don't have privacy laws with suitable teeth, but this is such a commonplace behavior that pasting the "TikTok did a thing, rarr outrage noises" nonsense over it elicits an eye roll.
My first reaction was indeed "oh cool. So just like every American tech company".
The red scare is really losing its teeth among the new generation. "China bad" doesn't work when "US even worse" is how Gen Z is increasingly starting to feel.
It sounds more from the article that Appsflyer did the monitoring. Apps integrated it for telemetry for their own usage, and as usual, such information is for sale. They then sold data sets to TikTok, who used it for ad targeting.
Facebook and Google also push analytics suites and advertising targeting products that apps use, and they harvest the information from them in aggregate and use them in the same way.
This isn't unusual. It's terrible that we don't have privacy laws with suitable teeth, but this is such a commonplace behavior that pasting the "TikTok did a thing, rarr outrage noises" nonsense over it elicits an eye roll.
I cannot believe that privacy laws are as abysmal as they are. Frankly, one possible advantage from America decoupling itself from the world is that policy regimes, law and most of all, alternative options are likely to take shape.
I can. Privacy laws are good for everyone, but don't get anyone rich, which is a dilemma the US has a poor track record of dealing with.
You're right, but I'd bet that the public or thinking from certain other American periods would be shocked to see it.
The public were baited pretty hard with the promise of easy socialization and it worked. Apparently, former members of the CIA said that they should have thought of Facebook - what an easy way to get the public to volunteer information, and in such a well organized way!
Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. It seems like we're in what will eventually be considered a frenzied time in history. All momentum, with caution going ever to the wind as we build machines that are increasingly too big to fail.
Do you think that climate change, impending doom and the lack of an optimistic north star in the culture (see popular apocalyptic narratives) amplifies the crazy or doesn't affect it at all?
And from the EU perspective, it would lean towards prohibiting government monitoring, which seems to be a popular trend there.
The same EU that wants to implement chat control? They love monitoring.
If I believed in a good faith government (one which is full of people who understand their role and execute it in good faith), then having it monitor citizens for safety seems like a good thing. I don't, but I guess a lot of people do.
Even if I believed in a good faith government, I believe more that people should have the right to privacy, even if they are using it for evil. Said evil will eventually overflow and turn into a legitimate reason to prosecute, with proper avenues to obtain access to privacy, such as the old school wiretapping or lesser invasive, having those two donut-eating guys sitting outside the mafia front watching the comings and goings from the abandoned building across the street through binoculars.
My first reaction was indeed "oh cool. So just like every American tech company".
The red scare is really losing its teeth among the new generation. "China bad" doesn't work when "US even worse" is how Gen Z is increasingly starting to feel.