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I'm not sure I agree with this ruling. The question as stated is whether fb would be "unable to establish reliable automated matching between Facebook users' ac

by foota 9y ago

I'm not sure I agree with this ruling. The question as stated is whether fb would be "unable to establish reliable automated matching between Facebook users' accounts and WhatsApp users' accounts" and it seems to me that matching based on entered phone numbers isn't really automatic - since it's only possible for those that enter their number, and is a manually commenced process.

CaptainZapp 9y ago
I don't think that the European Comission deals in hair splitting and semantics. Facebook lied, twice! And now they reap the consequences.
iicc 9y ago
Facebook aren't matching phone numbers, they're overlaying social graphs. They know who you are based on who else's phone book/friends list you show up in. WhatsApp uploads the whole phone book - it doesn't matter if the numbers correspond to WhatsApp users or not.