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16 votes
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Is it even worthwhile to turn off ad personalization or location tracking for services/apps?
So, I’m moving to a new phone and revisiting a lot of accounts, apps, and settings. When it comes to things like location history or ad personalization or whatever, is it even worthwhile to turn...
So, I’m moving to a new phone and revisiting a lot of accounts, apps, and settings.
When it comes to things like location history or ad personalization or whatever, is it even worthwhile to turn it off? Am I really supposed to believe that because I have some toggle off that Google suddenly doesn’t track where I drive on Maps? Like if they are going to be tracking me, which I assume they are, I might as well be able to see it to rather than have it exist in the aether somewhere where the info is attributed to me but not viewable in the UI.
Even with ads, I know shadow profiles are a thing, and that they definitely have data beyond what they show in the UI, so might as well opt in there too right? Plus, the non-targeted ads I get are basically porn-tier ads or stuff for gay men.
What should I do here? Move into the woods? Feels like I can’t win.
22 votes -
Ripples through Reddit as advertisers weather moderators strike
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Meta prohibited from use of personal data for advertisement in Europe
22 votes -
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8 votes -
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16 votes -
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21 votes -
Google to remove all VPN ad blockers that don’t comply with their policy
14 votes -
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12 votes -
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8 votes -
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25 votes -
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11 votes -
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7 votes -
Microsoft Edge’s new ‘buy now, pay later’ feature is the definition of bloatware
18 votes -
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24 votes -
How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation
10 votes -
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24 votes -
FTC issues orders to Amazon, TikTok, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube seeking data about practices related to personal information, advertising, and user engagement
29 votes -
Widespread malware campaign seeks to silently inject ads into search results, affects multiple browsers
18 votes -
YouTube Vanced: A privacy-friendly YouTube app for Android with ads and telemetry stripped out
38 votes -
YouTube can now place ads on all videos even if creators don’t want them
26 votes -
Apple delays "asking permission to track" privacy feature in iOS 14, releases more information about upcoming privacy updates
12 votes -
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9 votes -
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31 votes -
Over 400 advertisers hit pause on Facebook, threatening $70 billion juggernaut
8 votes -
Pressure mounts as Starbucks, Coca-Cola join Facebook ad boycott; Facebook updates policy
9 votes -
Google has banned ZeroHedge from its ad platform for content policy violations related to misinformation about the Black Lives Matter protests
19 votes -
New York Times phasing out all third-party advertising data
21 votes -
Chrome to start throttling resource-heavy ads in August
10 votes -
The pathetic state of Youtube advertising
15 votes -
Why don't we just ban targeted advertising?
27 votes -
Apple now allows push notification advertising, updates dating app review guidelines and more
11 votes -
App tracking alert in iOS 13 has dramatically cut location data flow to ad industry
21 votes -
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11 votes -
Apple’s ad-targeting crackdown shakes up ad market
22 votes -
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6 votes -
The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising
37 votes -
Kik Messenger acquired by MediaLab, announces plan to introduce ads
8 votes -
Google Maps is filled with millions of false business addresses created by firms pretending to be nearby
13 votes -
Plausible deniability and gaslighting in fighting ad blockers
24 votes -
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7 votes -
Opera, Brave, Vivaldi to ignore Chrome's anti-ad-blocker changes, despite shared codebase
37 votes -
Chrome Extension Manifest V3 could end uBlock Origin for Chrome
55 votes -
How WhatsApp leaked my private information to advertisers
14 votes -
The golden age of YouTube is over - The platform was built on the backs of independent creators, but now YouTube is abandoning them for more traditional content
37 votes -
Google fined $1.7 billion by EU for unfair advertising rules
14 votes -
YouTube and demonetization: The hammer and nail of content moderation
8 votes -
YouTube just demonetized anti-vaccination channels
40 votes