Does this statement make your hair stand on end? Unfortunately, the “nothing to hide” argument has persisted for far too long and often prevents any constructive discussion about privacy protection on the Internet. It’s high time to debunk it.

A very, very helpful article to help get people we fight with to understand why this is important for anyone and everyone. Send this to friends and family.

  • bystander@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    Evidently they are still pulling enough users and click through rates to warrant their reputation in advertising. Whether or not some numbers are propped up by bots, who’s to know.

    Imagine billions of people depending on their platforms, and most of them will be accessing it through their official mobile apps which generally will be harder to block ads on, and most people will not seek out those methods. It’s the reason they push their official app so much. For some it is a lower priority for them, and some may even enjoy targeted advertising.

    There are platforms like YouTube where you can pay to opt out of seeing ads, which is also another revenue stream.

    • guismo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      I just have no idea what the life of a Facebook user, for instance, is like. What apps do they use, do they wear Facebook glasses? Facebook buttplugs? Can they use adblock?

      It’s a wild, unknown world, and I hope to keep it that way. What everyone knows is that they are filthy rich and they got there with private data. And that’s all everyone needs to know to decide if they want to make them richer and their data is the tool for that.

      But the specifics elude me.