From Newsgroup: alt.privacy

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-instagram-users-private-messages-kids.html

Instagram can now read all users' private messagesrCowill this make
kids safer or just boost ad targeting?

. . .

Umm ... there was one of those 'Captain America' movies
where the evil people used algos which took advantage
of all the things people posted/mailed/did to predict
which ones might oppose a heavy authoritarian regime.
The plan was to just KILL many of those people as so
to terrorize the rest.

Now, looks as if InstaGram is collecting info of such
detail that it would fit perfectly into any prediction
scheme for "trouble-makers". SO - the neo-commies WILL
know who to target first and foremost when it's time
for them to take over the world and create a Glorious
Marxist World State.

Think InstaGram keeps all this stuff internal ? Why ?
It's WORTH A LOT OF MONEY - and not only to advertisers.

Do users KNOW they're being ultra-surveilled ? Apparently
not. MIGHT be some never-mentioned opt-out checkbox about
15 levels down in the menus .....

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