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K-ZO da Snowman

EBAY automatically opted all folks in to AI training.

"you cannot turn it off via the app or mobile site, you HAVE to be on desktop.
To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission."

Instructions here: bfleuter.tumblr.com/post/78018

Ben Fleuter Makes ComicsBen Fleuter Makes Comics • you cannot turn it off via the app or mobile site,...knitmeapony: petermorwood: infectiouspiss: EBAY ARE ADDING AI TO THEIR SITE. YOU HAVE AUTOMATICALLY BEEN OPTED IN. GO AND OPT OUT. ALT you cannot turn it off via the app or mobile site, you HAVE to be on desktop. To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission. (via bluesky) Done. For my own peace of mind, after opting out at the default ebay.ie URL, I logged out again then logged into ebay.co.uk and ebay.com (because that’s how my mind works). The opt-out was showing correctly on all three, so it only needs done once. The direct link is https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences once you’re logged in.
Will 🏳️‍🌈

@kzodasnowman Serious question for someone who isn't European: when considering the GDPR, can eBay legally restrict which devices are allowed in opting out?

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bigiain

@AncTreat5358

They're definitely weasel-wording this to make it look like they can:

@kzodasnowman

A screenshot of the eBay output of AI training page, which says: "This setting is intended to help our users in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland control the use of their personal data to train, test, validate and align our own Al models as well as third-party Al models for the purposes outlined in our User Privacy Notice. "
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Albert ARIBAUD Ⓜ

@AncTreat5358 @kzodasnowman I suspect they can be picky about how you opt out.

What they could not be picky about was whather to pre-enable or disable the option. They HAD to pre-disable it. They did not.

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Will 🏳️‍🌈

@aaribaud @kzodasnowman Thanks for clarifying these details.

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