And it’s always the same, AI-slop looking ad. I don’t even know if I have sleep apnea, I just snore really loud sometimes cuz of my sinus issues.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      53 minutes ago

      Yeah if we want to post every mildly infuriating ad in the world, we’re going to be here a while.

      • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        2 days ago

        Fun fact: it is trivially easy and costs $0 to track an individual through their ad identifier. They’re not supposed to uniquely identify people, but you really just have to drill down like a dozen or so variables and you’ll uniquely identify just about anyone with a smart phone.

        Hey, random person for whom this describes, are you

        -Aged 30-34 -White -Male -Educated -Spends a lot of time near you work address -Spends a lot of time near you home address -Spends some time where you vacation the exact time you usually vacation there -Is a 49ers fan -Likes artisanal coffee -Android user -Listens to late 90s and early 00s metal -Wears pants size 38/32.

        Guess what there’s like 3 of you in the world. And we can get all 3 ad ids in the real time bidding market and track all 3 of you until we deduce which one is you.

        Now I know where any person for whom I perform these steps is located, basically in real time.

        It’s that bad. It’s a well known issue with I guess too much money behind it to fix? Idk.

      • Honytawk@feddit.nlEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        As long as they are used to spread malware, they are a cybersecurity risk as well.

    • Thaurin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I think most people on the internet don’t even know what a browser extension is. Most people are not very interested in customizing or tweaking their computer beyond “push this button, stuff I want comes out.”