Digital anonymity illusion !
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you dont mention which social media app made the connection. I don't know which social media platform is the most evil, but my money would be on Meta. Not to mention their apps are really buggy and just crap. But who am I?Little story that might make ou want to thin twice about certain things.
I was looking into booking a few hours with a SP that advertises here, as well as LL and EI sometimes. She’s an indy with a flawless rep and was looking forward to it. Unfortunately the day before, a close friend was rushed in to the hospital and might not have long to live. So I cancelled the appointment and went to spend time with him and his family (he has a wife and 3 youg kids, 9, 12, 15), as we have been best friends for over 15 years.
I always use a VPN and I have a Text Me phone for my SP activities.
Well I open a social media, and guess what: They suggest I become friends with the SP. She does not have a private profile (or it is not entirely limited).
I had access to her full real name, the general are where she lives, and even things like friends and family and much more.
That is despite the fact that I tried as much as possible to remain anonymous, and I knew and searched nothing about her before seeing her ad.
Now obviously I am not a creep and won’t pursue to sneak anything else. That’s not my thing. But I do suggest that everyone should take extra steps to remain anonymous. Because if a social media was able to do the links that quickly and accurately, there really is no saying as to where it could go if it fell in the wrong hands,.
We already know the US government is deciding and asking personal informations from all sorts of agencies, oublic records, and private records.
The future is here, and it is not particularly looking good
Surveillance capacity is the very foundation of the profit model.
Platforms like Google, Facebook, Amazon are often described as offering “free” services. But in reality, they monetize surveillance, by:
1. Tracking user behavior.
2. Profiling individuals and groups.
3. Selling predictive insights and targeted ads.
The state, too, benefits--especially the corporations that serve it [or vice versa]: intelligence agencies [ie. NSA] and military applications [eg. those engineered by Palantir] rely heavily on data flows that were designed from the start to be observable and analyzable.
And what was once passive data collection (logs, cookies) is now active behavioral modeling: AI doesn’t just record what you do, it anticipates (and potentially shapes) what you might do.
Platforms like Google, Facebook, Amazon are often described as offering “free” services. But in reality, they monetize surveillance, by:
1. Tracking user behavior.
2. Profiling individuals and groups.
3. Selling predictive insights and targeted ads.
The state, too, benefits--especially the corporations that serve it [or vice versa]: intelligence agencies [ie. NSA] and military applications [eg. those engineered by Palantir] rely heavily on data flows that were designed from the start to be observable and analyzable.
And what was once passive data collection (logs, cookies) is now active behavioral modeling: AI doesn’t just record what you do, it anticipates (and potentially shapes) what you might do.
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