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Magnificent irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs
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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
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raman_klogius ani.social raman_klogius@ani.social
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#2 · (edited) Quote Reply

I have a suspicion, a hunch, that this is related to their want to make dead people Facebook accounts posting again.

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

"I never thought the intrusive surveillance tools I was building would be used on me!"

Also: I heard they couldn't get legs working in the metaverse so they had two choices: Shut down the metaverse or break everyone's legs. They went with the former, but only because it was the cheaper option.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-26
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Do Meta employees lie about where they work? I suppose how much they make is a factor. If they're making millions then who cares where they work, but if they're just making an average salary, maybe they obfuscate. I know I would.

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Phoenix3875 lemmy.world Phoenix3875@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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Do Meta employees lie about where they work? I suppose how much they make is a factor. If they're making millions then who cares where they work, but if they're just making an average salary, maybe they obfuscate. I know I would.

It's not location tracking, but screen, mouse, and keyboard recording, mainly to train AI agents for the "computer use" capacity.

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StillAlive piefed.world StillAlive@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-11-09
#6 · Quote Reply

Really like how 'remaining staff' at the end is a link to Facebook's recent job cuts.

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-04-14
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Really like how 'remaining staff' at the end is a link to Facebook's recent job cuts.

Wait, come back! We want to mine your humanity to make Mark into a real boy!

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MountingSuspicion reddthat.com MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-06-12
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It's not location tracking, but screen, mouse, and keyboard recording, mainly to train AI agents for the "computer use" capacity.

I think they are suggesting lying to other people (out of shame/embarrassment) not lying to meta. If they are out on a date for example, would they worry that this potential partner would judge them for working at meta and not want to continue with the relationship?

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_‌_反いじめ戦隊 ani.social AntiBullyRanger@ani.social
Joined: 2025-02-02
#9 · Quote Reply

You're blaming victim again resipsaloquitur
lemmy.cafe🙄. Blame the Nazis.

Ewgh, slop

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-04-10
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Ahahah, they literally signed up for this.

I've said this before and I'll say it again:

If you know or encounter anyone who works for Facebook, spit at their feet, honk your imaginary clown nose at them.

That's all they deserve in terms of social interaction.

If they make mouth noises at you, just apologize for not speaking idiot clown.

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-04-10
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Wait, come back! We want to mine your humanity to make Mark into a real boy!

Mark is like the original, uber-incel.

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CorrectAlias piefed.blahaj.zone CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-07-22
#12 · Quote Reply

Meta tried to recruit me several times, even after I told them that I'd never work for them. They offer decent salaries, but it's not enough for me to forget morality. I don't understand why people work there.

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JasonDJ lemmy.zip JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-01-16
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It's not location tracking, but screen, mouse, and keyboard recording, mainly to train AI agents for the "computer use" capacity.

They will accidentally train it to defeat captchas.

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_‌_反いじめ戦隊 ani.social AntiBullyRanger@ani.social
Joined: 2025-02-02
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Mark is like the original, uber-incel.

You have kids?
Zuckerberg fam

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Aceticon lemmy.dbzer0.com Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-06
#15 · (edited) Quote Reply

Yeah, well, if you're "just" an Engineer at the Death Star you're still a willing part of the baddies and complicit in their actions.

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dreamkeeper literature.cafe dreamkeeper@literature.cafe
Joined: 2025-10-28
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Meta tried to recruit me several times, even after I told them that I'd never work for them. They offer decent salaries, but it's not enough for me to forget morality. I don't understand why people work there.

They work there because they're greedy shills. A lot of these people obsess over the "prestige" of working for faang. They're pathetically shallow people.

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dreamkeeper literature.cafe dreamkeeper@literature.cafe
Joined: 2025-10-28
#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

You're blaming victim again resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe🙄. Blame the Nazis. Ewgh, slop

No one forced h1bs to move to the US to shill for one of the most evil companies on the planet.

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-04-14
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Yeah, well, if you're "just" an Engineer at the Death Star you're still a willing part of the baddies and complicit in their actions.

Or a plumber.

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_‌_反いじめ戦隊 ani.social AntiBullyRanger@ani.social
Joined: 2025-02-02
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No one forced h1bs to move to the US to shill for one of the most evil companies on the planet.

Have you looked at the market of prospects?
What can put in my resume that will guarantee fungibility IF Meta lays me off?
None are forcing H1B, but MAMAA entries opens opportunities.
Would you rather have worked at a renowned Fortune 500 or some esoteric defunct business that no longer exists?

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