- list the problems
- link to sources
- backup the source instead they happen
We forget too easily, and PR works wonders. I used to have such a list for Microsoft, but:
- I have to pull it of every time we talk about the new MS, because people think they are good guys now. They already forgot.
- People don't think it could have been that bad.
- I have to rewrite the list, I can't link to it. Or expand it. And I have to justify its existence and credibility because MS PR is so strong now.
- The links are disappearing from the web, so my previous proofs are fading away, slowly being replaced by references everywhere singing MS praises and stating how a saint Gates is.
The powerful are rewriting history, literally.
karmicarchive.com is available, just saying.
2016 Audio: they listened to what you did through your microphone until they got caught
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/spying-secrets-is-facebook-eavesd...
2019: Facebook caught activating camera without permission, to spy on you
https://www.pcmag.com/news/facebook-app-caught-activating-ph...
2020: Facebook a year later still secretly using your camera to spy on you, this time through Instagram
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24514433
This is the company you are now trusting with the mere claim that WhatsApp is end-to-end secured.
Oh yeah… it’s already sending a lot of telemetry to Facebook:
https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-instagram-facebook-data...
And has been since 2016:
https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-facebook-data-share-not...
Oh, but at least the content of your messages is not analyzed by FB? Well, as far as we know that might be true, but if the other user flags your convo, it is in fact sent to Facebook:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-facebook-undermines-p...
Mark Z knows what’s up:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/22/mark-zuck...
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-...