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Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by wmeredith on Saturday May 27, 2017 @01:02AM (#14428998)
Eh, your head is in the right place, but honestly if you have all the meta data, the message content almost isn't needed.
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Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by denzil_correa on Saturday May 27, 2017 @08:31AM (#14429830)
Exactly. I also think that encrypting data is a smokescreen to gain brownie points. Yes, it is more secure than not encrypting messages but the effect of message encryption on your privacy is very low.
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Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think by nsajko on Monday May 29, 2017 @01:05PM (#14440088)
See my reply to ihm about how to deny Fb metadata.
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