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Re:UK Government is breaking the law by collecting everyone'... by gutnor on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @12:03PM (#13230665)
Indeed, the simplification is probably for reader: so they don't think they can avoid being monitored by simply using the facebook app rather than facebook in a browser.
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Re:UK Government is breaking the law by collecting everyone'... by shubb on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @03:49PM (#13232503)
However, this is a law, and laws must be written to be read very litterally.

They could have made the law more general by talking about 'messages' or 'accesses a server'.

They said app used. That genuinely could compel Google or Apple to hand over your usage metrics.

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