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Meta gave Netflix and Spotify access to users private messages (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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in 2018, Facebook told Vox that it doesn't use private messages for ad targeting. But a few months later, The New York Times, citing "hundreds of pages of Facebook documents," reported that Facebook "gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages."

Surprising? No. Appalling? Yes.

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[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 57 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if they count Whatsapp with that

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Probably

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Instagram too

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If you backed up your phone with Google or iCloud pre backup encryption, which is most people, then yes!

[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

WhatsApp backup of Google drive is not encrypted?

I don't think so

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

it used to not be for a long time, even after they've introduced e2ee for messages.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

it is now iirc