this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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[โ€“] s20@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What? Facebook is using my data? I thought I could trust them! ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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I mean, /s if you couldn't tell.

[โ€“] BorvorRav@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

But I copied and pasted that definitely legally binding status update saying I didn't authorize them to use my data.

[โ€“] gamey@feddit.rocks 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They literally ad d ed the tagging function on images to improve their facial detection so I doubt that this is a surprise to anyone!

[โ€“] 3TH4Li4@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not surprised. Anything you see online is being fed to some garbage AI. Either they say it or they don't say anything and scrape it anyway

[โ€“] hottari@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Most obvious headline of the day.

[โ€“] chaklun@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

And the sky is blue

[โ€“] Eggyhead@artemis.camp 3 points 1 year ago

Everybody start posting nothing but quotes from ChatGPT, quick!

[โ€“] drwho 2 points 1 year ago

I had to check the date on this article - somehow, it's from September of 2023.ev.

We've known this for how long, exactly? Over a decade? Maybe a bit less?