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I feel this article really stunk of an attempt to over-sensationalize some sloppy coding that is probably happening on 50% of the websites in the world. To think otherwise is nothing but a utopian view of reality.
"Facebook issues app-scoped user IDs for people who first log into an instance of an app, and page-scoped user IDs for people who first use a Messenger bot. By definition, this means the ID for the same person may be different between these apps and bots."
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/for-business
So the 10 billion number the researchers quoted does not necessarily represent individual users.
I have been fortunate and successful and managed my finances. I don't even have to work if I don't want to anymore. I do it to keep my brain challenged.
But if I was stuck in a boring mundane programming job for a mega corp then I would retire in a second. I've never stayed at a company once it's grown too big. Middle management kills creativity and sucks the life out of your soul.