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There's basically no credible evidence of this happening. All there is are vague anecdotes which are easily explained with confirmation bias and/or the birthday
by gruez 2y ago
There's basically no credible evidence of this happening. All there is are vague anecdotes which are easily explained with confirmation bias and/or the birthday paradox.
- SecretDreams 2y agoHow much did Zuckerberg pay for WhatsApp again?
- gruez 2y agoIf the argument is that there's no credible evidence, retorting with a vague question doesn't really help your case. If anything it reinforces the original claim that there's no credible evidence.
- SecretDreams 2y agoIf Ruppert Murdoch bought an independent news agency, would you expect the agency to remain unbiased in their reporting?
- gruez 2y agoBeing "biased" isn't remotely close to outright lying. Despite all the exasperation about Fox News being "fake news" or whatever, they very rarely outright lie. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-media-very-rarely-lies https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-media-very-rarely-lies
- SecretDreams 2y agoThis is how you're playing this argument out??
- samplatt 2y agoWeird hill to die on, man. Like, sure credible evidence is one of the most important things in the world... but what, are you honestly saying that you're going to be surprised if WhatsApp turned out to be leaking data? We don't need the pitchforks just yet, sure, but shit, you have to remain realistic about these things.
- gruez 2y ago>but what, are you honestly saying that you're going to be surprised if WhatsApp turned out to be leaking data? Your words, not mine. I never made such claims, and you're trying to move the goalposts from "Meta does this" to "I'll be surprised if Meta does this".
- samplatt 2y agoI'm not moving goalposts. I didn't accuse WhatsApp of leaking data, stop twisting other people's words. I think you mean "I'll NOT be surprised if Meta does this", which is the reasonable position of any rational person to take. I'm allowed to extrapolate expectations of future behaviour, based on past behaviour. Doing otherwise is naive, dangerously so if you're responsible for someone else's security or privacy.