[HN Gopher] Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2B W...
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       Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2B WhatsApp Users
        
       Author : ColinWright
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2024-01-20 21:36 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.propublica.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.propublica.org)
        
       | o11c wrote:
       | Clickbait.
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       | > The workers have access to only a subset of WhatsApp messages
       | -- those flagged by users and automatically forwarded to the
       | company as possibly abusive.
       | 
       | E2EE means only the two parties can read the initial
       | transmission, not that they can't choose to forward it.
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       | If you're sending a message that the recipient doesn't want,
       | don't complain if they try to stop you from sending more.
        
         | vdaea wrote:
         | The app even warns you that the messages will be sent to the
         | whatsapp staff:
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         | https://www.guidingtech.com/wp-content/uploads/What-Happens-...
        
       | TriangleEdge wrote:
       | Doesn't Meta send the data do US intelligence agencies already? I
       | thought this was revealed to journalists by Snowden.
        
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