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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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[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ugh and now it's happening yet again with discord. Everybody seems to want me to be on discord. Just after I managed to get off everything. At least they seem kinda OK for now but we all know it's just a matter of time until dr evil gets his hands on it.

[–] thepigeon@beehaw.org 9 points 7 months ago

Yea I would stay away from discord as well. I truly wish I could switch away from it. I tried revolt but the whole "developing behind a closed repo" thing threw me off. The added difficulty is that my whole social circle uses discord, I do not want to be that guy who tries to make everyone move because of privacy concerns that they do not share.

[–] OlPatchy2Eyes 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Same struggle. Are you referencing a specific instance and if so can you link an article or something?

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Nah I'm just talking