That letter from fb is some trump-era lying bs
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Apple Confirms Commitment to App Tracking Transparency in Letter Condemning Facebook's Data Collection [Updated]
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I came into the forum to see what people were saying about the FB response, and I think yours is the only comment about it so far. What do people think about the comments from FB saying Apple is moving into the advertising business?
Why are we up in arms? Apple is tracking our App usage on our Macs! Tim Apple's privacy story is breaking down...
Ill say it again for the 2nd and last time: you dont need to have voluntarily signed up and used their services, for them to have built a model of you.
e.g. if you hypothetically had signed up for an account, without sharing your contact list, without putting in your favorite bands and books and movies, they would on day 1 recommend the “right” friends to you, and target you with “correct” ads, because you had already been fingerprinted and profiled.
this is the problem with something as invasive and pervasive as facebook.
at least with google — which has rhe exact same or better capabilities — i knowingly derived value from their service. ive enjoyed the utility from gmail, hangouts, voice, youtube, smartphones, and tons of other products over the year. i have less pf an objection to this tradeoff.
facebook, i derive nothing useful from.
just read the update an FB letter ... so they are saying Apple has a dominant market position, hmmm, Facebook/Instagram/Whatsapp is just a small business that needs protection. it's getting better by the minute /s.
**** Facebook. As long as they will not pass a resettable device Id to advertisers they have no room to criticize apple for not sharing data. The sole reason we want the id is for measuring campaign performance and to reduce frequency, but they will not pass it so they try to maintain data exclusivity as well.
I have a feeling that they are having some intensive discussions with legal prior to releasing...
Just to be clear: this doesn't mean Ads will disappear, it means I will get random Ads from who knows where, right? I don't care about Facebook, but I can see Google (and specially in YouTube) increasing the number of ads in the videos, if they can't show three well placed ads, they will show for example six to try to compensate and make you subscribe to their ads-free version.
Nothing is free.
Nothing is free.
A line from Judge Judy "Do you know how I can tell when Facebook is lying? Its when they open their mouth".
Facebook has done and continues to push the envelope of privacy invasion. When they get caught they say they are sorry and just do the same thing without any repercussions.
Facebook has done and continues to push the envelope of privacy invasion. When they get caught they say they are sorry and just do the same thing without any repercussions.
If you seriously believe that "most people ad block" then you are delusional. The number of people that choose to block ads are in the minority.
I would add most don't even realize ad blocker software exists.
I don't understand this childish "Apple good Facebook bad" approach. Was it really a football game where I'm supposed to take sides? I guess I didn't get that memo.
The Facebook response is spot-on. Does it mean Facebook is a great company? Hell no, they are part of the worst that has ever happened to humanity and I'm very glad Apple is taking this step. Yet, Facebook is right about Apple too -- they are just another big tech in the same business, they have their own nasty stuff going on, and instead of seriously addressing it they are just playing the old distraction card.
Apple is part of PRISM. We've recently discovered Apple spies on its users too. End of the story.
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Facebook is a blight. Simple. Apple isn’t a saint, either, but they are not as bad. Same as most elections, none of the candidates are ideal so you vote for the person you think will mess things up less.
And how many of the persons on this very forum, who care about privacy, are complaining that BigSur bypasses firewalls and VPN to send unencrypted data to Apple?
Apple's own programs bypass firewalls and VPNs in Big Sur
Apple has made strange choice in macOS 11 that pose risks to both security and privacy - and protecting yourself is not easy
www.macworld.co.uk
Security warning: Macs 'call home' unencrypted to notarise apps
Researcher claims unencrypted logs sent to Apple's servers contain identifying data; Apple responds with reassurances and by changing its processes
www.macworld.co.uk
Facebook whining about not being able to track everything they possibly can about your life should tell you all you need to know about them.
People keep asking this question. The answer is yes, of course I would pay a monthly fee for an insanely high quality search engine that didn’t track me and was completely anonymous. If one could be built that found high quality academic info, scientific literature, medicine, art, etc and all with extreme precision... without stalking me... yes I’d pay.
Facebook's response to Macrumors almost make them sound worse lol.
I agree. Notice how Facebook never directly addressed or refuted the allegations against them?
I just think its unfair to the engineers who worked tirelessly to be able to track every single thing that I do online
If this feature will "ruin" the advertising business that then let's get on with it. The sooner these guys go broke and are gone the better.
You buy a subscription. Typically companies will offer a free level of service and ask you to pay for a higher level of service. Google could do that. And if they didn't want to, someone else could do that.