Meta found a new way to spy on you. How it works and what you can do

Meta found a new way to spy on you. How it works and what you can do

It’s not new Meta is undermining privacy. But the tactics the researchers found were so scuzzy they surprised even experts who've seen every trick in the book.

The enshittification of Meta's platforms

This article was originally published in January 2025 and was last updated June 13, 2025.  Tension: We build our lives and businesses on platforms that are quietly turning against their users. Noise: “Innovation” is often a euphemism for enshittification—where features grow but value erodes. Direct Message: A platform doesn’t fail when it breaks, it fails when it stops serving the people who made it powerful. In 2025, billions of people still l…