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Facebook strong-arming WhatsApp users #57564 01/14/21 04:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 14 Okanagan Valley ryck OP
OP ryck Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 14 Okanagan Valley	People who use a social media app called WhatsApp (purchased by Facebook) may be interested to know that there's been a policy change in which Facebook essentially says share your private data with us or butt out. ryck "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits" The Doobie Brothers iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020), 3.8 GHz 8 Core Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 2667 MHz DDR4 OS Sonoma 14.4.1 Canon Pixma TR 8520 Printer Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner c/w VueScan software TM on 1TB LaCie USB-C

Re: Facebook strong-arming WhatsApp users ryck #57565 01/14/21 06:38 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 16 Fort Worth, Texas joemikeb Moderator
joemikeb Moderator Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 16 Fort Worth, Texas	So much for WhatsApp's vaunted privacy. So who needs WhatsApp? If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it? — Albert Einstein

Re: Facebook strong-arming WhatsApp users joemikeb #57569 01/14/21 09:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 14 Okanagan Valley ryck OP
OP ryck Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 14 Okanagan Valley	Originally Posted by joemikeb So who needs WhatsApp? Not me. In fact, I find that I am able to get through life quite adequately without any social media app. ryck "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits" The Doobie Brothers iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020), 3.8 GHz 8 Core Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 2667 MHz DDR4 OS Sonoma 14.4.1 Canon Pixma TR 8520 Printer Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner c/w VueScan software TM on 1TB LaCie USB-C

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