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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by ipsum2 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:19AM (#25667858)
huh? it's listed: "and showing relevant offers and ads"
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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by muzani on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:35AM (#25667945)
Oh, you're right. It took quite a bit of digging around to get to this part, and I seem to have accidentally copied the part I was looking for, though I searched for "advertisements".
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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by jraph on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:34AM (#25667937)
Sure but the fate of WhatsApp messages is unclear for me just by reading this excerpt. Do they use them for ads?
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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by YetAnotherNick on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:28AM (#25668232)
Yes they (would)do.
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