WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that knows everything about me

Re:WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that kno... by hn23 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @08:07AM (#20173941)

So compared to this Google looks like a mom and pop shop when it comes to data collection..but now think about the frame here. It is done in China not in the /free/ world..

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Re:WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that kno... by ggg2 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @08:44AM (#20174213)

yes.

nobody complained when US (and everyone else later on) required online forms for visa requests. full of google Analytics tags and all.

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Re:WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that kno... by afjl on Thursday June 13, 2019 @12:26PM (#20176383)

This is not true at all. There was an incredible amount of dissatisfaction and anger about this decision. In my own household, we discussed the implications of that decision. Please read through the comments on these 2 posts:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20065142

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20075608

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