Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook

alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA

TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago

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Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook

alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA

TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago

Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook – The Markup

The Markup found many sites tied to the national mental health crisis hotline transmitted information on visitors through the Meta Pixel

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Daniel Retana ( @DannyBoy@mastodon.ie )
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@alyaza That’s not surprising to me. At this point I can only believe in privacy if they made their app/software open source.

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