Re:Facebook shouldn't be allowed to buy Giphy, says UK regul...
by ec109685 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @03:38PM
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No, that's incorrect. The giphy command is created by Slack and doesn't share any data with Giphy [1].
[1] https://medium.com/delta-cx/facebook-bought-giphy-but-doesnt...
Re:Facebook shouldn't be allowed to buy Giphy, says UK regul...
by ljm on Sunday August 15, 2021 @06:44PM
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And at what point does FB use their considerable might to replace Slack's giphy bot with one that FB makes?
The article basically says that Slack made a special case for Giphy, and so they decided that Giphy in particular doesn't get the same treatment as your typical slack bot or slash command.
So, all FB needs to do is block that integration and either force their own or negotiate a new setup with slack. "You have a command called giphy and giphy is our trademark, so stop."
The article you link to explains all of this, so I don't think you've refuted my point, really, except to say that it doesn't happen right now.
Re:Facebook shouldn't be allowed to buy Giphy, says UK regul...
by crtasm on Sunday August 15, 2021 @04:04PM
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That says "...designed to give Giphy nearly zero data.", unclear what is still shared.
Signal goes to great lengths to preserve privacy with their giphy integration: https://signal.org/blog/signal-and-giphy-update/
Facebook could quite easily use that data to draw more connections between people. Who they work with, who they might know within the same teams and enterprises, etc. etc.