Twitter Accused of Eavesdropping on Users
Sept 16, 2015 16:14:47 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 16:14:47 GMT -6
Oh goodness...the little birdie has been busy, and a bad bird. Yes..bad bad blue bird. (According to recent court filings, anyway.)
I just relay what I find, and this is what sits on the Courthouse News site right now.
Okay, that is just uncool. I don't think I care about the actual change as a technical thing done, and it could be worse in that way. I don't like the nature of how it is manipulating things for direct benefit.
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Well, I'll give him points for ambition, to be sure. That is quite a class to claim. What would so many end up with at the end? A coupon for the value of a cheap burger?
It might end up making wider news if it goes anywhere tho. Who knows?
Twitter "surreptitiously eavesdrops" on its users by intercepting, reading and altering their private messages without their knowledge, according to a federal class action seeking potentially massive damages against the popular social network.
I just relay what I find, and this is what sits on the Courthouse News site right now.
If a user writes a direct message that includes a hyperlink, Twitter will "identify the hyperlink and replace it with its own custom link" in order to show that it is the source of the traffic and to generate better advertising rates, Raney says.
For example, if a user were to link to a website such as www.nytimes.com, Twitter's algorithms would replace the link with its own link. This would increase "its perceived value to third-party websites and would-be advertisers," Raney says.
For example, if a user were to link to a website such as www.nytimes.com, Twitter's algorithms would replace the link with its own link. This would increase "its perceived value to third-party websites and would-be advertisers," Raney says.
Okay, that is just uncool. I don't think I care about the actual change as a technical thing done, and it could be worse in that way. I don't like the nature of how it is manipulating things for direct benefit.
Raney's lawsuit aims to represent two classes: every American on Twitter who has ever received a direct message, and every American on Twitter who has ever sent a direct message.
Well, I'll give him points for ambition, to be sure. That is quite a class to claim. What would so many end up with at the end? A coupon for the value of a cheap burger?
It might end up making wider news if it goes anywhere tho. Who knows?