• kautau@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What you’re describing is intentional. Keeping people dumb about the tech they’re using while maintaining messaging like “Facebook works day and night to keep you safe” was the point all along so that people don’t understand what they’re doing. Granted that extends far beyond social media, but still

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      1 day ago

      They don’t realize it’s the big shiny companies that are actually scamming them and stealing their data.