Every Way Meta Tracks You, and How to Fight Back

Meta has control over many of the social platforms that people use every day – YouTube. “Since Facebook started in 2004, the company has been fine-tuning how to turn user data from apps like Instagram and WhatsApp into ad revenue. Now Meta’s $1.5 trillion market cap isn’t enough for them, so they’ve been looking for ways to monetize beyond their own platforms. That means that even if you never choose to use a Meta platform or device, you may still be subject to their data-collection schemes. Let us walk you through the many ways Meta surveils you and how to best stay hidden from the Meta machine..”

More on how to stop Meta tracking: https://proton.me/blog/stop-meta-trac…

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