Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:46:28 +0000
dataharvesting, privacy, advertising, consumerism, mobile

🤔 Many mobile phones come pre-loaded with Mobile Advertising IDs or MAIDs that can cross-talk across apps to collect user data for marketing purposes. The opt-out technicalities are hidden and opaque, not something the unsuspecting consumers will think to do.

📲 Big Tech relies on our lack of proactiveness when it comes to passive data harvesting.

❓ This like many other corporate data practices raises the question of trustworthiness.