On: Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down...

[amelius]

> was shocked by the amount and types of data sent with the bids to ad exchanges.

Can this data fall into the hands of "evil" state actors, and why is Congress OK with that and not with tiktok?

[Argonaut998 → amelius]

Are the police evil state actors? They purchase location data from private companies to target protesters[1]

[1]https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/how-law-enforcement-ar...

[eli → amelius]

Blaming China is easy and has bipartisan appeal while actual data privacy regulations are hard and do not.

[coldpie → amelius]

Zuck's lobbyists pay better than China's.

[noonething → amelius]

yes and China/make money.

[pas → amelius]

Congress is pretty ok with whatever Trump says, we have always been at war/peace with TikTokia.