WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by French authorities

Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by latexr on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:58AM (#15970036)

> In Portugal it is illegal to buy an expensive computer (…) with cash.

A few questions:

  1. Are you sure it’s illegal?
  2. From what value does that apply?
  3. How is that enforced?
  4. More importantly, who is in trouble if they do so, the buyer or the seller?

I live in Portugal and have different friends that bought different brand computers on different stores on different years, both paid cash, and in no case was there a problem. In at least one of the cases the cashier just made a quick call to the manager, asked “can I accept it?” and it was done.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by pjmlp on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @10:32AM (#15970381)

Just did a quick search, the limit for cash payments is 3 000 euro.

https://www.dn.pt/dinheiro/interior/pagamentos-em-dinheiro-v...

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by latexr on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @11:13AM (#15970826)

Thank you. For curious non-Portuguese speakers:

  * The article is from August 22nd 2017.
  * It prohibits cash payments for anything (not just electronics) from 3000€ on.
  * For non-residents, the limit is expanded to 10000€, or equivalent in a different currency.

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