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just retweeted this, then unretweeted it having read the paper it was linked from. specifically, the only time Facebook has access to your messages is if you're messaging a business which uses Facebook as a messaging endpoint - this will be communicated in-app. seems reasonable! @SDWolf/1347595158301261825Permalink Look on archive.org
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all of which is not to encourage people to use WhatsApp - if you care at all about privacy please use Signal instead. my understanding is that while Facebook can't read your messages, they know who you're messaging, when you messaged them & what gifs you searched for. it's enoughLook on archive.org
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btw, the gif thing is because they own giphy. which means every other service which uses giphy as a gif search engine will send Facebook the same data. Q: doesn't this include Signal? A: yes... but they proxy your traffic to try to hide who you are signal.org/blog/giphy-experiment/Permalink Look on archive.org
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There was speculation that the main reason FB acquired Giphy was so that they could get granular analytics on up and coming messaging services/social networks, positioning them to acquire/kneecap any that seem to be a threat.Permalink Look on archive.org
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here's a good explainer on exactly what the deal is with WhatsApp's changes @swodinsky/1350156746258526211Permalink Look on archive.org
