Facebook goes offline 🤭

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

https://brave.com/privacy-updates-6/

Sorry to go off topic with this but having read a few sites previously when looking at different browsers the Brave browser cropped up as the one that offers the most privacy, no tracking etc.

Is there such a thing as a privacy free browser that doesn’t track you? or is that another reason to have a VPN .

[gotwf]

@jac Cannot beat 'em? Join 'em and drown them in BIG DATA!!!

Literally https://adnauseam.io/

Here’s a link to the research paper http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1873/IWPE17_paper_23.pdf

Interesting and sweet “fsck you” side benefit is that not only does adnauseam drown the the big data ad servers in data it also costs the advertisers who subscribe to such services, as they must then pay the sites you visit “click thru” rates rather than mere “impression rates”, the latter of which are essentially zero modern days? Hence, not only is one confounding the data of the provider but also hitting their subscribers in both the pocket and marketing efficacy books.

A complex topic for sure. You thoughts?

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Cannot beat 'em? Join 'em and drown them in BIG DATA!!!

Literally https://adnauseam.io/

Interesting

[gotwf]

@jac said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Cannot beat 'em? Join 'em and drown them in BIG DATA!!!

Literally https://adnauseam.io/

Interesting

Indubitably

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Cannot beat 'em? Join 'em and drown them in BIG DATA!!!

Literally https://adnauseam.io/

Interesting

Indubitably

Will be taking a closer look into this tomorrow, is it something you use yourself, just out of interest?

[phenomlab]

@jac I’ve used this myself in the past, but admittedly not do much these days. I much prefer being behind a VPN.

[gotwf]

@jac No, I do not. Although I kind of like the ideas behind it. Winning the ad/big data arms race is not going to happen even with use of VPN. All we can do is raise the bar.

The adnauseam approach may offer a bit of a warm fuzzy feeling in that “the victims” finally have some chance to play offense. I is a plugin so I suppose one could enable/disable as the mood strikes.

Just tossed that up here fwiw. Had my head into some other things as of late. Be interesting to see how much a drag on performance behind the scene advert clicks incur - both network and local resources side.

[phenomlab]

@jac I got as far in as 7:16, where I just closed it. This is completely incomprehensible that this sort of content was even posted in the first place, let alone be left there for others to view. Truly shocking.

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac I got as far in as 7:16, where I just closed it. This is completely incomprehensible that this sort of content was even posted in the first place, let alone be left there for others to view. Truly shocking.

Thanks Mark, will have a watch later

[phenomlab]

@jac Be warned that the content is pretty graphic, and it’s NOT an easy watch

[gotwf]

Lest “we the sheeple” are delusional enough to believe/hope all this “subcommittee hearing theater” will result in consequences with any real teeth:

Proof positive: Talk is cheap. Actions are loud. And speak volumes.

Not to single Amy out because I’ll be I can do same for pretty much every politard talking head on the subcommittee. I picked Amy because she was one making some of the more pointed comments and also a former presidential candidate.

Hmm… Walk of shame anyone? How many of your elected officials are voting with their feet? I’ll be not a single one.

From website of committee chair, Richard Blumenthal:

Ranking member Marsha Blackburn, who is extra hip and also sporting Instagram button:

Senator Edward Markey, who d**n near busted an elbow patting himself on the back for his previous child protection litigation;

Senator Brian Schatz, HI

Senator Tammy Baldwin

You get the picture: Hypocrites to the last member. I’ll finish this up with just one more from “the other side of the isle”, lest anybody get the false impression I am favoring one side:

Well, the above is two thirds of the committee, I’ll leave those even remotely interested to do their own clickery:

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/consumer-protection-product-safety-and-data-security-subcommittee

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Be warned that the content is pretty graphic, and it’s NOT an easy watch

Oh right, I’ve not seen it but I didn’t expect it to be as bad as it’s being made out? I guess I’ll have to watch it of course to know what you guys are thinking etc .

[phenomlab]

@JAC seems to have happened again…

https://news.sky.com/story/are-facebook-and-instagram-still-down-meta-boss-apologises-for-technical-issue-which-hit-thousands-of-users-13087840

[crazycells]

@JAC said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

With Facebook, WhatsApp and other dodgy social networks down users have flocked to Sudonix for some general honest chat .

it is great that we have NodeBB forums and are not in need of Facebook…

[phenomlab]

@crazycells exactly. Facebook could fall off the face of the earth, and I wouldn’t miss it at all. However , you have to have pity on those who wouldn’t be able to post what they were having for lunch, or that pointless post around a venue they’ve checked into that nobody really cares about…

And then there’s the s**t posters…

[crazycells]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

Facebook could fall off the face of the earth

I hope it does

[phenomlab]

@crazycells that makes two of us. Take Instagram with it as well.

[crazycells]

@phenomlab yes, exactly that would do a good cleaning to the internet from the booty pics

[JAC]

@crazycells it’s the route of all things evil, well most anyway .

I won’t touch it nowadays and haven’t for a few years, the only one I look at now and again is X (Twitter) but I just feel social media is no longer for me, I’d happily get rid of them all 🤯.

[phenomlab]

@JAC said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

I just feel social media is no longer for me, I’d happily get rid of them all 🤯.

I’ve done pretty much that already. Hardly use any of them these days. Never really was a social media fan anyway so don’t miss it at all.