▲ 607 ▼ US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Vespair@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (5 children) My tiktok account is also anonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Your Lemmy account can likely be used to identify you, given a big enough data set. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Vespair@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Undoubtedly, especially since I haven't taken particular steps to obfuscate my identity here. But as I said in a comment below, I'm more worried about some unhinged nutbag online randomly targeting me than being a person of interest by any nefarious groups or organizations. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) No it isn’t. When you download the app you let them have the following information/data about you: Purchases, location, contacts, search history, identifiers (!!), diagnostics, financial info, contact info, user content, browsing history, and usage data. Please tell us how any of that is “anonymous”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vespair@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cool dude, you've identified that big corporations data farm. Random bloke user with a vendetta still doesn't know who I am, and that's who I'm more worried about on the personal scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago Cool dude. Well you said your account is anonymous, and it isn’t. Words mean things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Your Lemmy account can likely be used to identify you, given a big enough data set. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Vespair@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Undoubtedly, especially since I haven't taken particular steps to obfuscate my identity here. But as I said in a comment below, I'm more worried about some unhinged nutbag online randomly targeting me than being a person of interest by any nefarious groups or organizations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Undoubtedly, especially since I haven't taken particular steps to obfuscate my identity here. But as I said in a comment below, I'm more worried about some unhinged nutbag online randomly targeting me than being a person of interest by any nefarious groups or organizations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) No it isn’t. When you download the app you let them have the following information/data about you: Purchases, location, contacts, search history, identifiers (!!), diagnostics, financial info, contact info, user content, browsing history, and usage data. Please tell us how any of that is “anonymous”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vespair@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cool dude, you've identified that big corporations data farm. Random bloke user with a vendetta still doesn't know who I am, and that's who I'm more worried about on the personal scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago Cool dude. Well you said your account is anonymous, and it isn’t. Words mean things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vespair@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cool dude, you've identified that big corporations data farm. Random bloke user with a vendetta still doesn't know who I am, and that's who I'm more worried about on the personal scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago Cool dude. Well you said your account is anonymous, and it isn’t. Words mean things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago Cool dude. Well you said your account is anonymous, and it isn’t. Words mean things. permalink fedilink source parent