2026-07-06 20:43 UTC
RE: https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/technology-uvt65hdqz/-/a-pEy37SvGQBWExj2UlQuMnw%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0
“A child with access to an app store...can potentially download any number of software applications, potentially agreeing to invasions of the child’s privacy and sale of the child’s data and be exposed to any conceivable content without parental consent or even parental knowledge”
So fucking legislate protection of people's privacy then, it's that simple!
Not a single user likes being bombarded with ads, the single justification given for the panopticon we inhabit. And the invasion of privacy for the pleasure of hyper-targeted ads is an assault that no one asked for. "Here, we spied on you to give you this thing you don't want."
I don't give a 💩 if your ad company loses money, in fact I hope it burns down and sinks into the swamp. 🖕
Replies (3)
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@Saorsa@neondystopia.world 2026-07-06 21:08
The reason they don't is because save the children is an easier angle to work from than screw over the private interest groups funding us. @tomcat@mstdn.starnix.network @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com @gabriel@mstdn.starnix.network
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@binkle@clubcyberia.co 2026-07-06 20:49
@tomcat@mstdn.starnix.network but there are too many mosquitoes in the swamp as it is :melt:
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@mischievoustomato@tsundere.love 2026-07-06 21:11
@tomcat@mstdn.starnix.network targeted ads can be helpful though, it's been in a couple of times for me. most of the time though the ads dont feel targeted and I don't do anything to protect my privacy at all