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Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t... by snazz on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:45PM (#18461425)
I’m not sure why aside from the fact that end-to-end encryption should make it harder (impossible in theory) for them to read your messages. They still have access to your contacts book, which is kinda scary since some people I know keep Social Security numbers in their contacts.
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Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t... by mayniac on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:29PM (#18462427)
They don't have to be able to read your messages server-side to pick out keywords client-side and send those unencrypted.

It would still be truthful: all messages are encrypted e2e, but the app on your device parses decrypted messages to "deliver relevant ads".

Also:

>kinda scary since some people I know keep Social Security numbers in their contacts.

That is absolutely terrifying.

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Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t... by ravenstine on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:46PM (#18462608)
> some people I know keep Social Security numbers in their contacts

That's now how this works. That's not how any of this works!

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