• InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    What if I would use an dummy email and refuse to add contacts? Purely to just use the app to view content.

    Though, can’t use it anyway. Europe.

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      1 year ago

      Europe? Do you use WhatsApp? If so, your info is already in their hands thanks to your friends/family who shared their contacts with Meta. Basically if you or any of your friends/family use any Facebook service, including WhatsApp and Instagram, they already have all your info.

      Say you do sign up for Meta with a dummy email. The moment you start following people, checking out hashtags etc, they will start connecting dots.

      It’s virtually impossible to avoid being tracked by them. This is why privacy advocates and activists have been begging people to stop using Meta’s apps and services for literally decades. Not only does it track the user, but also pretty much everyone the user knows, including people who never consented to having their information shared, never used any of their service, etc.

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      1 year ago

      You’re only thinking about the surface level of the issue. The tracking rabbit hole goes incredibly deep. There’s so much shit happening behind the scenes when you browse the internet that if you could see it all laid out in front of you you would probably gag. It’s almost impossible for the average internet user to avoid their tracking methods.