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Re:Facebook collecting people's data even when accounts are ... by dessant on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:21PM (#29817834)
They do the same in WhatsApp, the app collects your personal data through your aquintances, and they hold your social graph even if you're not a WhatsApp user.
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Re:Facebook collecting people's data even when accounts are ... by Nextgrid on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:59AM (#29821517)
There's a reason Facebook paid billions for an essentially free (and ad-free) chat app and chose to leave it that way.
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