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Oh just on case you are unsure what will happen with all this, it’s the following: In the near future, they will start sharing all that juicy data with faceboo
by zwaps 5y ago
Oh just on case you are unsure what will happen with all this, it’s the following:
In the near future, they will start sharing all that juicy data with facebook based on some made up precedent, new technical justification, some claim to pseudonymity, or discussion with some Irish politician or whatnot.
After being found out, they will then eventually apologize, do better next time and pay the fine, which pales in comparison to the profit gained from that data.
Just as they are now replying to an order from a data protection official with: ‘Lol nope‘
- wutXthree 5y agoJust don't use Facebook or Facebook Companies products? Like probably most people don't?
- krono 5y agoJust not be such a contemptible company? Like probably most other companies aren't?
- wutXthree 5y agoYeah, sure, but why use them if they choose to be such.
- krono 5y agoThey've managed to become essential communication infrastructure. Exposure of these services to you, but also exposure of your data to these companies is unavoidable. The neighbourhood watch uses WhatsApp as its primary communication channel, friends are posting group activity photo's and are reminiscing about past activities on Instagram, all the internet your elderly uncle knows is Facebook, all the local used goods sales go through Facebook, some of the best consumer grade VR sets are owned and sold by Facebook, many modern websites are built on Facebook's React, any new novel app that is released gets copied within months by Facebook. There is no choice `preparetobeassimilated.mp3` This is 100% on the regulatory bodies who just let this happen, and still are. They just don't seem to understand the gravity of the situation.
- wutXthree 5y agoSorry, just don't agree.
- rolandog 5y agoTotally agree. I was happily using WhatsApp (and had even paid beforehand when they were only charging what they needed to operate). I invested a lot of effort to onboard family members. Everything was fine, until Facebook purchased WhatsApp by paying about 40 USD per user. Now I have to invest a similar amount of effort in getting people to move to Signal.