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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by blahfuk on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @12:28PM (#17031172)
It's how they pay the bills, to be fair. I don't think that's much of a secret anymore but looks like they're making it more explicit.
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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by r00fus on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:00PM (#17031482)
You could make an argument that the malware that encrypted your /home folder is also "just a way to pay the bills".

In many jurisdictions that's illegal. EU is saying FB's approach is also illegal unless they make some key changes.

Personally, I hope FB just quits Europe.

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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by dorgo on Thursday May 10, 2018 @09:00AM (#17038443)
That's what I would do: quit Europe. FB is part of life of millions of people. They would cancel this GDPR thing in a day to save their FB experience. Or at least add an exception to GDPR for FB.
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