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turzmo | 7 months ago

> It's also not possible to fully check out from social media.

Why not?

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Some organizations use social media as their primary (if not their only) means of communicating with members. My gym, for example, uses Facebook to post day-to-day announcements.

ryandrake|7 months ago

That doesn't mean it's not possible to opt-out. It just means you need to give up something to do it. I'm not on Social Media (unless you consider HN to be), so it is possible.

Joel_Mckay|7 months ago

Facebook creates shadow profiles for nonparticipating users, where the advertising API is pervasive on the web and android apps.

See Privacy Badger for details... =3