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    • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      If it existed, yes. They probably didn’t realize before making this failed “pitch”, which is why they never developed this.

      • Baggie@lemmy.zip
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        2 months ago

        Nah it got banned from the network when it started inserting ads into my YouTube feed that I already pay for.

      • OppositeOfOxymoron@infosec.pub
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        2 months ago

        Heh. My TV has never been online, not even once. I’d rather suffer the occasional firmware bug than have it act as a sensor.

  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    2 months ago

    Can’t wait for all the seven day old accounts to pop up and explain how this is actually just the magic algorithm and confirmation bias at work.

  • Malidak@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Can someone develop a tool that automatically screens TOS and small print for apps and warns you of agreeing to shit like this?

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    2 months ago

    Do we have any info about this being used by any app, or any details about the tech at all? We have an archived version of a deleted ad from a suspicious company. Do we know it even exists and wasn’t a prospective ad to judge interest that went nowhere?

  • plz1@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Wasn’t this a thing like 1-2 years ago, that was completely unverified, from a different Facebook advertiser?

  • EmperorHenry@infosec.pub
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    2 months ago

    a lot of people called me crazy for saying that.

    google does it too.

    apple definitely does it too.

    • yboutros@infosec.pub
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      2 months ago

      I’m not crazy about ads, it can be nice when they’re effective for the right reasons. That said, a break in happened at my estate once and the only evidence I needed or could secure was because I left my phone at home that day