Ask HN: How much money did you get from the Facebook privacy settlement?

About $38 myself. ChatGPT gives an estimate of about $250 made off tracking my browsing activity between 2007 and 2022, so pretty sweet margins in the "violating privacy rights" enterprise. /s

How can we expect companies to respect consumer rights when they only get a slap on the wrist for violating them?

9 points | by underlipton 1 day ago

8 comments

  • Halian 9 hours ago
    $20

    I was hoping it’d be an actually meaningful amount, especially since I’m on disability.

  • sharts 3 hours ago
    $4.86
  • al_borland 1 day ago
    I didn’t find out about it until it was too late to throw my name in the hat.

    $38 is an insult.

  • digianarchist 1 day ago
    Nothing. Filled out the form and heard nothing since.
    • intheitmines 18 hours ago
      I got no notification, just a deposit to the bank account I submitted
  • muzani 1 day ago
    It's a privacy tax.
  • intheitmines 18 hours ago
    $25
  • ksherlock 1 day ago
    $31.22
  • Haeuserschlucht 1 day ago
    what happened