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Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by sorokod on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:09PM (#26732767)
But then again, Occam's razor would suggest that FB never deleted the data in the first place.

By the way, data is not "making its way back" like some sort of salmon trying to get back to the source, it is forcefully harvested by FB.

Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by nuclear_eclipse on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:25PM (#26732958)
Presenting a screen/dialog to the user at first login asking for permission to access contact data does not sound like "forcefully harvested". Users rarely understand the consequences of their decision, which is why I would love to see iOS and Android eliminate the option of wholesale contact access, but use of Facebook apps is not predicated upon receiving your contact data.
Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by atat7024 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:39PM (#26733075)
It does if your average user is so uneducated they freeze up and whack the next button until the screen with all those words on it goes away.
Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by nuclear_eclipse on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:58PM (#26733220)
If someone signs a bad contract because they refuse to read and understand it, and just signs it anyways, they're still generally bound by the terms of the contract. iOS and Android both have pretty clear descriptions in their permissions dialog of what the app is asking for.
Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by sir_brickalot on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:41AM (#26735435)
It's not a bad contract for that someone though. It's a bad contract for that someones friends.
Re:Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affec... by sorokod on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:43PM (#26733104)
Maybe that adjective is not quite right, "rapaciously" perhaps?