Informed consent is simply that -- being able to consent without missing a piece of knowledge.
It may cure nothing. But the fact remains that Facebook acted (and continues to act) in bad faith to the user.
Maybe nothing changes, especially now that users are so deeply attached. Real-time targeted advertising has been around since the early 2000s, but explain to the average tech-illiterate user that their phone can hear when a Tide ad is on television and can serve a Clorox ad in their Instagram feed, and watch how uncomfortable they get.
How much of this could be stopped with informed consent.
It may cure nothing. But the fact remains that Facebook acted (and continues to act) in bad faith to the user.
Maybe nothing changes, especially now that users are so deeply attached. Real-time targeted advertising has been around since the early 2000s, but explain to the average tech-illiterate user that their phone can hear when a Tide ad is on television and can serve a Clorox ad in their Instagram feed, and watch how uncomfortable they get.
How much of this could be stopped with informed consent.