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Re:How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted m... by hypeatei on Saturday July 27, 2024 @10:50PM (#41090913)
Big tech and telecommunications companies are effectively miniature arms of the U.S. government at this point.

As seen by the "Protect America Act" of 2007[0], the government will retroactively cover their own ass and your companies' ass if deemed important enough to the intelligence apparatus. There isn't a chance in hell that Meta would be brought criminal charges for wiretapping.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_America_Act_of_2007

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Re:How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted m... by Scoundreller on Saturday July 27, 2024 @11:12PM (#41090988)
I think The Onion nailed it in 2011:

https://www.theonion.com/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-...

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Re:How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted m... by dylan604 on Saturday July 27, 2024 @11:21PM (#41091024)
Which is clearly a red flag operation so that whenever someone serious tries to tout this, they'll be rebuffed as it's an article in the Onion. Those clever bastards!
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Re:How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted m... by talldayo on Saturday July 27, 2024 @11:54PM (#41091124)
That, or scathing satire has been a mainstay at The Onion longer than political consternation.
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Re:How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted m... by nadermx on Saturday July 27, 2024 @11:34PM (#41091062)
I doubt it was thought that far out. Since they know life is stranger than fiction, it would write itself.
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Re:How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted m... by giancarlostoro on Sunday July 28, 2024 @12:27AM (#41091221)
I'm assuming they were doing it for the federal government at this point. There's no reason for them to spy on another app, they can hire almost any developer they want.
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Re:How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted m... by dylan604 on Sunday July 28, 2024 @12:56AM (#41091319)
Hiring another dev does not give them access to the raw numbers. It's not the same thing at all
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