beewaggle:spoonie-living:[Image: Tweet by Emily Mullin (@EmilyLMullin) and tweet by Isobelle Winter
beewaggle:spoonie-living:[Image: Tweet by Emily Mullin (@EmilyLMullin) and tweet by Isobelle Winter (@IsobelleWinter), both about the dangers of Facebook’s new preventative health screening tool. Images have been modified for visual ease but information has not been changed.]Something to know about Facebook’s new “screening tool,” and advice/info that can most certainly be used outside of this specific situation. For spoonies, the biggest deal is how this data, if leaked, could affect you in professional and insurance spheres.Here’s Emily’s full thread, which discusses the details of the tool, and here’s Isobelle’s full thread, which extrapolates on specific dangers.In the end? It’s another data grab. Data is worth money; don’t give yours away, especially not to Facebook.It’s really fucked up that they’ve added this. Because like. One: your information isn’t protected, but two: what does FB gain by having that info. Facebook is trying to make money off this. Money off of people’s health. I’m not surprised it’s just terrifying they’re being so bold about it. -- source link
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