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submitted 1 year ago by viking@infosec.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I don't really use facebook anymore so couldn't care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.

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[-] milo128@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

this is such an insidious way to stop people from using ad blockers. It's not like facebook isn't deliberately making sure these false positives happen.

[-] londos@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

If they can tell you when and how many of your friend's posts were blocked, they could just as easily not block them.

[-] scubbo@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

"they could just as easily present them in a way that wouldn't be blocked" would be a more accurate way of phrasing it. Facebook is not the one blocking this content - rather, it's detecting that it has been blocked (clientside)

[-] milo128@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

youre right, but the lines get blurry. i wouldnt be a bit surprised if facebook literally is blocking the content. just wild speculation ofc.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

This is such an insidious way to stop people from using Facebook.

this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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