• nucleative@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    She understands there is a problem, just doesn’t understand the solution. Good on her for having privacy concerns and paying attention.

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      22 days ago

      she doesnt even understand the problem but at least she gives a fuck instead of being in denial about the state of the world. thats already better than many “informed” people i know.

      or maybe she is in denial about other stuff like vaccines or something so who knows anyway.

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      16 days ago

      She is painting a target on her back with the saying “scammers, I’m gullible and ignorant”.

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    22 days ago

    I remember when Facebook was solely for college students. Now it seems to have a three denture minimum.

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    22 days ago

    My mom posted something similar to this, about not giving consent to Facebook to sell her data while using Facebook for free. Seems like her friends did this and recommended it to her as well.

    Oh the irony.

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      22 days ago

      I’ve gotten in several arguments with morons over those posts, there does seem to be some section of the population that just can’t comprehend that the 20 page document that you agreed to when you made the account is legally binding.

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        That might be because they actually aren’t binding in many cases. Courts have held that if the contract can’t be reasonably expected to be read or understood by the people it “binds,” it’s not really enforceable, and 99% of EULAs are ridiculously long and legalese-heavy. But that doesn’t change the fact companies can and will treat them as such until challenged in court, and they’ll almost always be allowed to refuse service to pretty much whoever they want.

        So you’d be right here; grandma’s post about not giving Facebook the right to her data is meaningless. Don’t want Facebook to have your data? Don’t use Facebook!

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          22 days ago

          These are also people who claim the constitution was violated when they got a temp ban for threatening to assassinate politicians so we aren’t exactly talking about legal experts here.

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      22 days ago

      I remember everyone posting that when Facebook went public not realizing it was about being listed on the stock market

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    22 days ago

    I bet it was from a chain mail back in the day, that if you put that in your profile then your safe, too bad it’s not true.

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    22 days ago

    Oh, another one of those “if you type this thing into Facebook somehow it will cause “x” to happen.” things.

    Usually something to do with privacy.