Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigation in N.Y.

Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by sidcool on Thursday April 25, 2019 @09:38PM (#19754125)

This is probably the third investigation against FB this week. How do we still continue trusting it with our personal data? I have been equally stupid in sharing freely on FB/Instagram, not anymore.

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Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by jbharter on Thursday April 25, 2019 @10:00PM (#19754212)

After years of less frequent use, I finally quit after the 2016 election. I'm so much better off without it, you can do it too!

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Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by Funes- on Friday April 26, 2019 @03:41AM (#19755510)

What about WhatsApp? Virtually no one in my country--not even the elderly, who now broadly use the app as well--is willing to abandon it, no matter how its parent company is depicted. In fact, last time I checked, around 75% of all population use the app. I don't, and thus I'm paying the price socially--mentally, I'm better off; it comes without saying.

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Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by midasz on Friday April 26, 2019 @04:23AM (#19755652)

Same - I don't really speak to some people anymore because I moved away from WhatsApp. The one's I do really want to speak to (family) have installed both apps now, simply because I messaged the group saying "I'll be moving away from WhatsApp - you can reach me through text, calling, and telegram" and just left/uninstalled WhatsApp. It can be that simple.

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