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Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by pvorb on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:17PM (#27159238)
If you need to keep conversations across 2 messengers, that's at least less convenient. But noone seems to see that and everyone else around here is living in their idealistic bubble.

I'm also a privacy advocate, but there are downsides that you need to acknowledge.

Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by feanaro on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:18AM (#27165978)
Sure, I acknowledge this as a (small) downside, but it is at least no larger a downside than not having control over your conversations or being part of a dragnet to be spied upon by corporations and governments alike.

I would however have trouble with the implication that having this stance is the consequence of being in an idealistic bubble, though perhaps you did not mean that.

Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by pvorb on Saturday May 15, 2021 @07:17PM (#27169824)
I appreciate that. "Idealistic bubble" was a bit harsh.