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YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it::undefined

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[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Its weird that you are okay with some company doing this.

When if it was some stalker you'd be freeking out and going to the police and begging for help.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Its weird that you are okay with some company doing this. When if it was some stalker you’d be freeking out and going to the police and begging for help.

ATTENTION STALKERS!!!!
This morning I watched a video of a guy making a 5 drawer cabinet out of plywood on my Pixel 6 XL from my home. I skipped the last 30 seconds of the video because I got bored.

[-] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I get it that marketing doesn't bother you, but several tech companies have been found to give direct access to users' data to their employees, who used it in all sorts of creepy ways.

[-] float@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

GPS location please.

Obviously I don't want to know it but be sure there's hundreds of Google employees that can freely access it.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

on my Pixel 6 XL

Congrats, you've already made hacking your phone 10x easier by telling a potential attacker what model you use.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Because a stalker might actually cause you physical harm, while Google/YouTube just wants money, and not necessarily your money. I have no love for the ad supported business model, I'm definitely not defending it, but you're not going to convince someone who doesn't value privacy to care about it.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

People who don't value privacy, are always the ones that cry the loudest and say such iconic phrases like "WHO LET THIS HAPPEN" when their privacy inevitably gets violated.

[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 20 points 2 years ago

And if you are ever in a spot of trouble, they can and will hand that over to the cops to burn you with. Trouble you dont even need to be guilty of, mind you, so long as the data implies you could be.

Like how facebook had records of a girl searching for abortion treatments, and slipped those into uncle sams pockets to put her in jail for daring to want the right of bodily autonomy.

What thing do you do today that will incriminate you tomorrow?

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