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Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN by renholder on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:50AM (#19034613)
>How is this not in violation of most wiretapping laws?

This is, perhaps, the most apt question to take away from this. If an individual did this, even with an EULA, that would be a fast-tracked way for them to see the inside of a penitentiary in almost any country, yeah?

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Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN by ddalex on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @11:02AM (#19036160)
Unless you can spend tens of millions on lawyers when the benefit of wiretapping would be in the billions.
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