Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone, #Meta was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book.

https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-tracking-explained-it-could

“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.

You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.

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@Gargron I wish. But rules are for other people than tech bros.

@rich @Gargron

I thought everyone already knew this was happening.

Honestly, everyone who understands this shit has been outraged the entire time. Are courts or antitrust things or privacy laws even relevant anymore? Is everybody really waiting around for cops to fix it?

@violetmadder @rich @Gargron and the rest comes up with the infuriating "I got nothing to hide anyway" excuse

@Michkov @rich @Gargron

They still got nothing to hide when the guys at the helm of the racist apparatus happen to be wearing red ties? All of a sudden it all starts to feel a lot less benign when we see folks getting black-bagged to torture camps for shit like social media posts yeah?

@violetmadder @rich @Gargron

My point exactly. It is not up to us to decide what is relevant information that gets you in "trouble". And what gets you in "trouble" may change from one day to the next. Alas, the it can't happen here is strong