This seems to be the latest tactic META are using to track users without their consent. Potentially a violation of at least 3 laws in the EU.

• “Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.

• GDPR, DMA, and DSA protect different legal interests, so the penalties under each can be imposed cumulatively.*

Update, well sort of, Meta is now going to use unpublished photos to train AI.

• Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos

So as the article states, check the terms and conditions and keep checking back.

Update 16/7/2025

• Training AI on our private messages

Now ask your self, are your WhatsApp messages really private. Critical thinking ftw.

There are alternatives.

• Join The Fediverse

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#Tracking,#Meta,#GDPR,#DSA,#DMA,#Privacy,#AITraining

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As I have an interest in Science, and am on a STEM based Mastodon instance 'qoto' [1]. I suggested a feature which helps users cite individual posts (if writing a paper for example).

This has now been added to the issue tracker [2]. The actual issue suggestion can be found at [3]. At present this is a very rough idea.

Links

1. [https://qoto.org]
2. Mastodon Issue Tracker
3. Feature Suggestion – Citing posts

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#Mastodon,#Issue,#Tracking,#Feature,#Suggestion

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