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Hmm, I only meant what I said, not what you implied. This is exciting news for hundreds of millions of people in Europe. It is problematic because there are mi
by aorth 6y ago
Hmm, I only meant what I said, not what you implied.
This is exciting news for hundreds of millions of people in Europe. It is problematic because there are millions of people who check the "EU" box depending on how it is defined. Is it:
1. EU phone number
2. EU IP address
3. EU citizen
4. EU resident
That's what I meant.
- StavrosK 6y agoThat's fair. You might want to highlight the positive aspects in your comment, which right now are implied so it comes off as negative.
- aorth 6y agoYes it seems this is how people are interpreting it. By "problematic" I meant that the distinction of "European users" is problematic to me because it is unclear how the distinction is made. As an EU resident who doesn't live in the EU and doesn't use WhatsApp on an EU phone number, will they allow me to be exempt? By "millions" I meant that there have to be millions of EU citizens and residents living, working, and traveling outside of the EU. And there have to be millions of Africans, Asians, Americans, etc living, working, and traveling in the EU. Does this cover them? I'm not a lawyer or some super well-read privacy person... just an average Internet person who thinks Facebook already gathers too much data.