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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 7 months ago

T-Mobile's New AI "Profiling" Privacy Toggle Is On By Default

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T-Mobile's New AI "Profiling" Privacy Toggle Is On By Default

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 7 months ago

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A new privacy setting, enabled by default, allows T-Mobile to access concerning levels of detail about your activities and behaviors.

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This toggle allows you to opt out of having profiling used for future decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you.

The what now?

This sounds strangely ominous.

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