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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by bashwizard on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:32AM (#25668267)
I hope you're fine with Telegram sharing your location data.
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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by detaro on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:33AM (#25668274)
Not turning that on is pretty easy.
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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by bashwizard on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:49AM (#25668399)
It's still sharing data. Sorry.
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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by detaro on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:03AM (#25668508)
source? I assume you are refer to the thing that went around yesterday? Then no, there is a big difference between the option to share data to get a feature (even though I'd agree the feature isn't well-designed) and what WhatsApp is doing here.
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