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United Airlines launches personalized ads on seat-back screens (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The carrier on Friday said it launched a media platform to serve travelers personalized advertisements on seat-back screens and in its app, among other platforms, as it seeks to leverage customer data.

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Last time I had my phone plugged in to charge it, I noticed that it wasn't on charge mode exclusively, but it was actually on File Share Mode.

Now I don't know if the airplane was able to instigate that connection mode, or why my phone was on that mode, but it did concern me incredibly that they were able to browse the files on my phone, when I just wanted it to charge.

[–] fart_pickle@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

That's why you should use "usb condom" when charing your phone from untrusted power source.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well that is obvious. Btw many phones have file share mode as the default now. Make sure you change it. But how about other cases? I don't really understand. Are digital profiles officially tied to the ID and plane tickets now?

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Or do you have an UA credit card?

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh so they just use the data from the credit card like age and gender? It's still bad but not that much of a problem as if they had access to all Google, Apple, Meta and other kinds of analytics and behavior data. Though I heard some banks do buy that data so I wouldn't be surprised if they gave it to the airline. Well I know the era of total surveillance is coming. The EU may fight it but the US doesn't seem to have any desire to do so. That's unfortunate but only a big amount of active people can change it. Also what is an UA card?