"Social media"

[JohnD]

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I see you ask a question.

Let me just count how many of my questions you've answered on this thread, when I attempt to find out what you mean by your delphic utterances...

Oh.

I see.

 

[durhamplumber]

And what is the relevance of that remark?

Is the abuse of citizens justified when usage is not compulsory?

You fekers will argue the opposite of everything damn thing..

 

[Brigadier]

I see you ask a question.

Let me just count how many of my questions you've answered on this thread, when I attempt to find out what you mean by your delphic utterances...

Oh.

I see.

I asked you a straight question.

 

[durhamplumber]

No one is forced to use social media.

Words of wisdom...The dumb JohnD brigade will argue black is white

 

[JohnD]

I believe that, where someone willingly signs up to a platform and agrees to the rules of that platform, that is not "abuse".

Willingly signs up? Agrees?




"Some of the most popular apps for Android smartphones, including Skyscanner, TripAdvisor and MyFitnessPal, are transmitting data to Facebook without the consent of users in a potential breach of EU regulations.

In a study of 34 popular Android apps, the campaign group Privacy International found that at least 20 of them send certain data to Facebook the second that they are opened on a phone, before users can be asked for permission.

Information sent instantly included the app’s name, the user’s unique ID with Google, and the number of times the app was opened and closed since being downloaded.

Some, such as travel site Kayak, later sent detailed information about people’s flight searches to Facebook, including travel dates, whether the user had children and which flights and destinations they had searched for."


https://www.ft.com/content/62f74704-0abf-11e9-9fe8-acdb36967cfc



"Facebook can tie an Android ID to a user’s social network profile, instantly identifying them and adding any additional information to their personal profile.

“For example, an individual who has installed the following apps that we have tested, Qibla Connect (a Muslim prayer app), Period Tracker Clue (a period tracker), Indeed (a job search app), My Talking Tom (a children’s app), could be potentially profiled as likely female, likely Muslim, likely jobseeker, likely parent,” the report said."

 

[JohnD]

I asked you a straight question.

I look forward to seeing some straight answers from you.

Better not hold my breath.

 

[durhamplumber]

I look forward to seeing some straight answers from you.

Better not hold my breath.

I think they listen to you as well.

 

[Brigadier]

If they have operated in accordance with their published terms and conditions, is it "abuse"?

.......... your delphic utterances...

If you can't decipher my post (above), you need to work on your comprehension.

Willingly signs up? Agrees?




.................... without the consent of users in a potential breach of EU regulations................

So, it is not (according to your source) a proven breach.

 

[^woody^]

Who the **** uses "delphic" in everyday conversation? No wonder your only FB friend is the little ellel lapdog. YaP!

 

[Brigadier]

We could make a start by ostracising the likes of FaceAche, Starbucks.

Particularly the government. No expenses claims. Stop all this "follow us on fb" crap on everything from roadworks to whatever else.

 

[Brigadier]

I'm not on FaceAche.

Are you, John?

 

[SirGalahad]

If they have operated in accordance with their published terms and conditions, is it "abuse"?

But they broke the law with the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

 

[Notch7]

Perhaps the EU would have different rules if facebook was French not American.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

No one is forced to use social media.

I refuse to use it on principle - it costs far too much wasted time and store far too much personal data.

 

[SirGalahad]

Perhaps the EU would have different rules if facebook was French not American.

The biggest fine against a Pharma company by the EU was against Servier the French Co in 2014.

In the US they are now pushing for more regulations of the new tech titans -as usual the laws lags what companies currently are legally able to do.