silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBanning TikTok Won’t Keep Your Data Safe | Pompous billionaires, authoritarian regimes, and opaque oligarchs are hoarding our data. Only an alternative online ecosystem will stop them.foreignpolicy.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1576arrow-down123
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minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 months agoCorrect. This was the big reason. Data is only important for micro targeting your propaganda.
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMicro targeting, like what trump has to do to keep from pissing on the floor.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnd also for scams or other fraud campaigns. For me its hard to believe massive widespread “pig butchering” scams are being orchestrated by some random Chinese thugs with no affiliation.
Correct. This was the big reason. Data is only important for micro targeting your propaganda.
Micro targeting, like what trump has to do to keep from pissing on the floor.
And also for scams or other fraud campaigns.
For me its hard to believe massive widespread “pig butchering” scams are being orchestrated by some random Chinese thugs with no affiliation.