They will justify what they want. The rules are made up, and the laws don't matter.

I've made my peace with the eventual gestapo knock on my door. If you haven't, just stop using social media entirely but it's probably to late if you can see this.

Even not having an account is enough I would guess (I'm no computer wizard). Even wizards screw up a spell now and again (thanks computer wizards for your community service, I do love gaming a shitton and lemmy is Hella rad)

IP addresses linked to threads opened, comments sections browsed can be used to create a profile by some dipshit AI programmed by some dipshit. Zero social media is the only way. Just don't look at it.

Just don't look

I didn't agree to shit. If I did agree it was probably because some company twisted my arm and didn't offer a more respectable service that doesn't gobble up every bit of data to resell possible. Probably through every mobile carrier.

Agreeing to location services for the purpose of performing the apps intended use, is not the same as agreeing that the government can track your location on a whim. Where the fuck are the constitutional lawyers who fight this kind of egregious constitutional violation?

https://archive.ph/VJKSE

Here's the article without the fucking pay wall.

404 demanding my private information to access their article about how I shouldn't give my private information to companies.

We need protections limiting the length and level of effect of clickwrap agreements.

For now, I will continue using "inspect element" to change the text "agree" to "disagree", and completely skip proprietary phone apps.