Thread by @khuramrr

Free apps and privacy for dummies....

Start with basic thought “if Facebook and Google is free for us how come they are richest companies on planet?”

Complicated answer “if its free for you, then YOU are the product”

Easy answer as below

So am a business, say an automobile manufacturer planning to launch a new car in your country / city.

I can send my RnD team to find out which product will be successful before investing heavily or Facebook can offer me number of people who like cars?

Who like small car? Who prefers luxury? Those looking for economic option, or those looking for sporty

Facebook knows this stuff about almost everyone coz YOU have liked it, commented on it, reacted to it, and even viewed it a lot

Similarly they knows when you have visited a showroom, a garage, or attended an event with cars in it and uploaded photos

Here’s best part, they people you have tagged in them are potential loves of same activity or you want them to be 😅

Now all this data can be given to me (automobile manufacturer) and i can launch a specific demanded car type in your area.

Putting cars a side, how about food? Burgers? Pizza? Or curry?

Or even pets, motorboat, movies, actresses?

Watched a YouTube video recently? Try some suggestions to fine tune your profile in our database 😂

Google and Facebook trackers knows you and your profile even those without any account on these platforms.

Cookies, cross site logins, analytical trackers, or IP addresses all data points help these giants to fine tune yourself in their books

Practical: try to perform a search on google for something you or family member haven’t entered in past, e.g Quantum Physics or Pink Salt

See what comes up on your Facebook / instagram / some random sites or even Twitter (no saint here)

“If its free for you, then You are the product”

#privacy #Facebook #Google #Microsoft

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