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Re:Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation by rhizome on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:29PM (#16642060)
Sure, and maybe they'll put it right next to the "you're not allowed to save any data" clause.
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Re:Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation by ncallaway on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:59PM (#16642345)
One is much easier to inspect and verify than the other.

There's really no way to check if someone has made a copy of data if you've given them that data.

It's not that hard to check if an application prompts a user for an email address.

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Re:Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation by bobthepanda on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:56PM (#16642315)
One is fairly trivial to prove compared to the other.
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