Oh, *Now* They Want Your Data: Meta to Mine AI Chats for Ads

Right. So, surprise fucking surprise, Meta – those benevolent overlords of social media and questionable life choices – are now going to shove targeted ads down your throat based on what you tell their AI chatbots. Yeah, that’s right. All those “private” conversations with their Llama-whatever bots? Not private. Never were. They’re gonna slurp up all the juicy details about your pathetic desires, anxieties, and shopping lists to sell you more crap you don’t need.

They claim it’s “aggregated and anonymized” data. Oh, *really*? Like that ever stops them from figuring out who you are anyway. They’re talking about letting advertisers target people based on things like “interest in travel” or “considering a purchase.” Translation: they’ll know you were whining to their bot about needing a vacation and then bombard you with Hawaiian resort ads until you weep.

And of course, there’s an opt-out. Because giving you the illusion of control is *so* much easier than not being creepy in the first place. You can disable ad personalization, but that just means you get worse ads, probably. It’s a lose-lose situation designed to make them more money while pretending they care about your privacy.

Honestly, I’m starting to think people actively *want* this. Go ahead, spill your life story to a corporation. See if I care. Just don’t come crying to me when you’re drowning in targeted bullshit.

Source: TechCrunch – Because someone has to report on this garbage.

Related Anecdote: Back in ’98, I had a user who thought encrypting his email with a simple Caesar cipher was “unbreakable.” He was bragging about how secure it was while sending plans for… let’s just say questionable activities. Took me five minutes to crack it. People are idiots. This is the same thing, but with more layers of denial and slightly better marketing.

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