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Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Meta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadows

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Meta appears to automatically create Threads shadow accounts for everyone on Instagram and allows users to follow those shadows

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Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Who is surprised?

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Not only that, they create a ‘shadow’ profile of you even if you don’t have any meta accounts at all.

https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-tracking-you-even-if-you-dont-have-account-888699

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