News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app. Parent comment

Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by throwawayboise on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:26PM (#28137603)
> FAANG companies to my knowledge no longer share or sell any data that they collect outside their walls.

Yeah but does that matter when they have expanded the walls to encompass pretty much everything that most users do online.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by smolder on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:20AM (#28140240)
I wanted to comment on the same statement. At a minimum all those companies share with law enforcement and national security to some extent. Beyond that I've heard of data sharing agreements and some kinds of data sales at more than one of the FAANGs, and can't see why they would stop, though I can definitely see why they might be two-faced about it and try to give that impression.
[ Parent | on HN ]