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[–] glowie@infosec.pub 91 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sad to think there will be real people who are fine with the privacy invasive spyware

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

and they are your closest friends

[–] glowie@infosec.pub 2 points 16 hours ago

Haha yup the amount of times I've tried to educate friends/family only to feel like banging my head against a brick wall would be more effective are far too many

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

my ex fiance loved personalized ads because that's how she found out about products she wanted and i was like… but you didn't want it before you knew it existed. you were just living your life perfectly fine and now you're $20 poorer

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You obviously need a privacy-conscious fiance

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago

my new one is much wiser