Comment on ‘I’ve never seen anything like this:’ One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts

WarmSoda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

By collecting expansive data on user activities, the company was able to create a comprehensive portrait of users’ habits, interests and preferences, according to the source.

This allowed it to improve its machine learning model to offer more personalized push notifications and ads

Who could ever conceive of such a scandal!? I’ve never seen anything like that either!

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