Meta Products Requiring Data Collection in New Updates
Big news for anyone who uses Facebook or Instagram: starting this month, Meta is killing off the setting that let you opt out of them tracking your activity on other websites and apps. Basically, that little bit of control you had over how much of your life outside their apps gets fed into their data machine? Gone. It’s yet another reminder that Big Tech keeps finding sneaky ways to grab more of your personal info while acting like it’s no big deal.
Instagram launches forced Data Collection to use their app
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If you login and get this prompt, you must accept data all this data collection or you will be promoted to log out and not allowed to use the App
Here is a full down of what’s mandatory to give up to use Instagram:… pic.twitter.com/zktCIqQYgY
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