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EBAY automatically opted all folks in to AI training.

"you cannot turn it off via the app or mobile site, you HAVE to be on desktop.
To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission."

Instructions here: https://bfleuter.tumblr.com/post/780181601796636672

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knitmeapony: petermorwood: infectiouspiss: EBAY ARE ADDING AI TO THEIR SITE. YOU HAVE AUTOMATICALLY BEEN OPTED IN. GO AND OPT OUT. ALT you cannot turn it off via the app or mobile site, you HAVE to be on desktop. To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission. (via bluesky) Done. For my own peace of mind, after opting out at the default ebay.ie URL, I logged out again then logged into ebay.co.uk and ebay.com (because that’s how my mind works). The opt-out was showing correctly on all three, so it only needs done once. The direct link is https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences once you’re logged in.

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Crovanian (CamstonIsland)Apr 7

@kzodasnowman People use eBay on their phones? Next you're going to tell me craigslist isn't still formatted entirely in Web1.0 HTML!

Bill, organizer of stuff Apr 8

@kzodasnowman Thanks!

Shyra “Tech Ambrosia”Apr 8

And trying to toggle it off just now forced a fresh sign-in on a login cookie that's allowed me to purchase items for the last two weeks without verifying username or password. Dirty!

Kevin Freitas Apr 8

@shyra @kzodasnowman Yep, same here. Shady.

ThatKomputerKat

@shyra @kzodasnowman got that too. Had to click twice on the stupid toggle switch because of that shifty bullshit.

samiamsam Apr 8

when ebay opted me in to facebook marketplace i cancelled all my listing and closed my ebay store

ebay asked why and i said i want nothing to do with facebook

later they let people opt out so i probably wasn't the only one who said this

now they are doing the same with AI

ebay can fuck all the way off

Just do it, folks. Been out for a few weeks, already
#eBay #LLM #OptOut

A. Lee Bennett Jr.Apr 8

@kzodasnowman @Moltz Mobile web works if you sign in first and then manually open https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences

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DustyRose@mastodonsocial Apr 8

@kzodasnowman Thanks for that helpful hint.

bluestarultor Apr 8

@kzodasnowman Just checked mine out and it's already set to "no," and sounds like it only might be Europeans. Which just feels ass backwards.

Samantaz Fox Apr 8

@bluestarultor @kzodasnowman I'm European too and it was set to "Yes".

bluestarultor Apr 8

@SamantazFox @kzodasnowman I'm American. It's only set to Yes for Europeans.

Samantaz Fox Apr 8

@bluestarultor @kzodasnowman That's so weird. Even weirder knowing that the GDPR is very explicit about opt-out being illegal.

Brad Bell Apr 8

@bluestarultor @kzodasnowman
I’m American, and it was set to “yes” for me.
Also, this link works fine on mobile browser https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences

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@kzodasnowman in Germany too, which seems not very legal to me but IANAL.

The direct link seems to work too even on mobile: https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences

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@kzodasnowman (As does "View Desktop Page" in mobile browsers)

@kzodasnowman Training to do what?
Bid on things?

SkipfordJ Apr 9

@kzodasnowman These instructions were incorrect for me. I had to follow the following steps...

Hi (your name)! > Account Settings > AI Training Preferences

I hope this helps.