Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr...
by feanaro on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:18AM
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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.
I'm also a privacy advocate, but there are downsides that you need to acknowledge.