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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by distances on Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:04AM (#25671836)
I think this trust difference is a general division between Europe and US. Europeans generally trust their governments more than private companies, and vice versa in the US. I would assume both have valid reasons for this on their own side of the pond.

For what it's worth, I too would trust the government a whole lot more than Facebook.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by veddox on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:52PM (#25677303)
That‘s a good observation, and I agree, though I wonder why.

It would seem to me that Americans have had more experiences with bad companies, and Europeans more experiences with bad governments over the past 300 years...

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