Pin Point Location and MAC address
[QUOTE=PanteraPotzee;4267113]Is a big no no. All big brother. I don't even have the app or check it from any phone. It will connect you to anyone and everyone you have in your contact or you have called or texts. It doesn't matter of your accounts are fake it still has the location and what device and who it belongs to. I don't even understand why people use it anymore. There are other social media outlets that are not quite as monitored and put your information together like Facebook. And remember what it was like about 15 to 20 years ago before social media how we used to call people we knew or sent them letters. We do not have to rely on the new technological ways that impede on our privacy but we choose to. And I say this stuff now because technology it's too much for me to understand or I'm scared of it I'm a 33 year old man not some old fuddy-duddy it's just not worth it.
I'm not just saying in the hobby world but my life in general. Other than the hobby I'm a pillar to society I don't break any laws I got nothing to hide it's just an invasion of my privacy something that I don't like. We have lost sight of what this country was built upon just to get some likes on Instagram.
PP.[/QUOTE]Data mining is a huge venue for agencies who work for and sell our identity and data. Literally everything you search for gets sent out. I remember one time looking up some cars for one night out of curiosity, and for 3 straight weeks everything I looked at (facebook, youtube, other media platforms) contained ads for cars of all types, including insurance. I was royally fucked when I impulsively clicked into a youtube ad video for one car that led to the next, and the next. Sure it helps to provide info to consumers in a free market, but if you're just an avid window-shopper like me you're brain fucked by just showing a little of interest.
I don't know much but I know it's not just facebook. It's every web platforms and us leaving our online footprints. It goes without saying though. Although we're putting EVERYONE's privacy in jeopardy to account for maybe about 10-25% of the population doing what they're not supposed to, this is however necessary to convict minor to hard criminals and place some on radars for other serious shit (terrorism, child porn, etc.). Just sucks.