In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”

  • loz@aussie.zoneEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago
    • The name of your first crush.
    • Your religious beliefs.
    • Your innermost fears.
    • That thing you did in June of 2007 that you must never speak about.
    • MrFlamey@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      You just reminded me of the random surveys that used to sometimes come in the mail for my Mum back before the internet was a thing. I flipped through a couple and it asked things like if you have a pet and what brand of cat food you gave them and all this totally random shit. I wonder what benefit to the home owner there was for filling such a bullshit survey in.

      These days, Facebook would probably just use some AI to scan your photos and figure out if you have a cat and what brand of food it eats. You’d never know, and you gave away any defence the moment you uploaded the image.

      • damnYouSun@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I’ve recently started taking a lot of international flights for work.

        Now the ad algorithms thinks I’m some international jet setter and I get ads for luxury boats.