The Zuck suck is in full swing.

JoJo@social.fossware.space to Technology@lemmy.world – 2049 points –

In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like "headphone status" and "screen density."

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  • The name of your first crush.
  • Your religious beliefs.
  • Your innermost fears.
  • That thing you did in June of 2007 that you must never speak about.

You just reminded me of the random surveys that used to sometimes come in the mail for my Mum back before the internet was a thing. I flipped through a couple and it asked things like if you have a pet and what brand of cat food you gave them and all this totally random shit. I wonder what benefit to the home owner there was for filling such a bullshit survey in.

These days, Facebook would probably just use some AI to scan your photos and figure out if you have a cat and what brand of food it eats. You'd never know, and you gave away any defence the moment you uploaded the image.

I've recently started taking a lot of international flights for work.

Now the ad algorithms thinks I'm some international jet setter and I get ads for luxury boats.

i get that these are jokes, but doesn't the app store description literally include religious orientation in the list?