1/ I am writing this in actual shock. I should not be shocked but I am. Reached out to a girl I worked with in Russia to see if she was ok. Anyone that wants ANY insight into how the average Russian citizen is thinking, you HAVE TO READ these messages from her. Propaganda is the

2/ scariest form of war these days. I’m even sitting here asking myself if I’ve been fed propaganda regarding this war. I thankfully am able to critically think and challenge people’s words THANK GOD but this Russian has no ability to critically think
3/ it started out with a reach out to her via email from me bc I was genuinely curious how she felt about all this and wanted to see if she was ok
4/ and here’s the WhatsApp response from her. 🙀🤯🤯
5/ to give the WhatsApp messages context, I screen recorded this video and sent it to her

https://t.co/KGYCDM3491
6/ are people shocked by this complete brainwashing? How HOW HOW do you even remotely bring people back to reality? WOULD any of you say anything back? I’m floored. #GloryToUkraine #BRAINWASH
7/ I think my previous screen shots from WhatsApp got messed up but here they are

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Recently, the @CNIL issued a decision regarding the GDPR compliance of an unknown French adtech company named "Vectaury". It may seem like small fry, but the decision has potential wide-ranging impacts for Google, the IAB framework, and today's adtech. It's thread time! 👇

It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details):
https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha

I've read it so you needn't!

Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.

The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.

Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.