pixeldetracking’s avatarpixeldetracking’s Twitter Archive—№ 5,477

  1. TikTok: "We have decided to bring our product offerings in line with the industry by activating the use of first- and third-party cookies" 💩 1/
    oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
    1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
      TikTok: "We're excited to announce Automatic Advanced Matching will fully launch [...] to send privacy-safe customer information" 🤪 2/
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
      1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
        TikTok: "customer emails and phone numbers are hashed in a privacy-safe way". 🫢 I'm relieved 👌 3/
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
        1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
          TikTok: "With this option, the pixel will scan your website for recognizable form fields containing customer information, like email and phone" 🤖 4/
          oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
          1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
            NB: TikTok learns from the best, Facebook @pixeldetracking/1412519363702370309 5/
            1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
              "TikTok has become accustomed to Facebook and Instagram stealing its cool new features and video formats. So, it’s a refreshing change to see TikTok pilfer one of Meta’s innovations." adexchanger.com/online-advertising/tiktok-adds-third-party-cookies-to-its-pixel-and-tries-to-eat-facebooks-lunch/ How *refreshing* it is, the best of surveillance capitalism 🥳 6/
              1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
                Sources: TikTok Business Help Center - Using Cookies with TikTok Pixel ads.tiktok.com/help/article?aid=10007540 - Advanced Matching for Web ads.tiktok.com/help/article?aid=10007891 👀 7/
                1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
                  TikTok: "Events API is a server-side tracking solution and is immune to browser limitations such as browser loading errors, connectivity issues and ad blockers." ads.tiktok.com/marketing_api/docs?id=1701890979375106 🧐 8/
                  oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
                  1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
                    It seems that A LOT of websites are leaking your email to Facebook & TikTok, through basic forms, even in the EU wired.com/story/leaky-forms-keyloggers-meta-tiktok-pixel-study/ 👀 9/
                    oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
                    1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
                      "Unlike what is claimed in the linked help page, TikTok Pixel also sends hashed personal data when the user clicks links or buttons that in no way resemble a submit button." homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~asenol/leaky-forms/#leak-inspector 🫣 10/
                      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
                      1. …in reply to @pixeldetracking
                        TikTok keeps on aligning to the worst offenders (Facebook) @swodinsky/1534678654445305857 💩 11/