Comment by 👻 darkghost
I've heard that the internet in Russia is basically non-functional because it's always being shut off by the authorities. It's leading people to using 90s tech like walkie talkies and paper maps...
Mar 20 · 7 weeks ago
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🚀 lars_the_bear · Mar 20 at 07:41:
@darkghost : Would you trust Kash Patel if he told you grass was green?
Whether he's telling the truth or not, I don't deny there's good reason to be concerned. This is why I'm such an advocate of de-Googled phones and open-source apps. And why everbody I know in real life thinks I'm a rabid tinfoil-hatter.
👻 darkghost · Mar 20 at 11:29:
Welcome to the club of rabid tin foil hattery. Our spring fashions are out and we have a lovely shade of silver this year. (I'm right there with you.)
Original Post
FBI buys location data — The first response is a perfect summary. consumer apps embed ad SDKs → those SDKs feed location signals into RTB ad exchanges → surveillance-oriented firms sit in the RTB pipeline and harvest bid request data even without winning auctions → that data flows to aggregators who don't have any direct relationship with consumers → and from there it's sold to government agencies, among others. The genius of this structure is that accountability dissolves at every layer. Each...