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

TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago

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

542

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

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

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

Chat

interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org )
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
34·
2 years ago

then you will realize the pandemic was just a test run

The pandemic isn’t a test anything. It’s a pandemic, they happen.

Technology

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@beehaw.org

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

189 users / day
989 users / week
3.1K users / month
6.45K users / 6 months
5.07K local subscribers
41K subscribers
5.47K Posts
97.7K Comments
Modlog