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ForHackernewsyesterday at 9:23 PM2 repliesview on HN

I have no inside information, but I always assume the tickboxes that "disable ____ data" from Google/Facebook/OpenAI just disconnects it from your own account, not hides it from the provider.


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Aurornistoday at 12:38 AM

The checkbox has an actual statement associated with it about what it does. You don’t need to assume anything.

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taneqtoday at 12:56 AM

Aren’t they usually phrased very specifically as “we collect this data and use it to show you relevant ads, you can opt out of us showing you relevant ads”?