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      No because that would hinder their ability to dump information about everything they’re doing and who they’re with for attention.

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    Yeah this is truly insane. This will never be on my phone. It also helps that Europe thinks this is bullshit as well and it’s not available here.

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    YSK Meta is also a threat to the privacy of fediverse users, if there are fediverse instances that remain federated with Meta.

    Ross Schulman, senior fellow for decentralization at digital rights nonprofit the Electronic Frontier Foundation, notes that if Threads emerges as a massive player in the fediverse, there could be concerns about what he calls “social graph slurping." Meta will know who all of its users interact with and follow within Threads, and it will also be able to see who its users follow in the broader fediverse. And if Threads builds up anywhere near the reach of other Meta platforms, just this little slice of life would give the company a fairly expansive view of interactions beyond its borders.

    https://www.wired.com/story/meta-threads-privacy-decentralization/

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        People should use Signal instead. I don’t care if anybody doesn’t like it, it’s what I use and if you want to talk to me you’ll fuckin’ use it.

        Never installing any Facebook garbage apps.

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            You would only lose contact with the people who didn’t care enough to keep in touch. That’s a win-win situation.

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              It’s not just people who know, knew but also new connections that could’ve gone somewhere given enough time and energy.

              Being the first to fight for privacy in my circles has amputated so many of my possibilities.

              Legislation needs to pas so I don’t have to tell everyone that I don’t want my damn picture on the internet every time someone pulls a phone out.

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      Haha good one! I was wondering why that name sounded familiar and this is it.

      Very good film to see… once and never ever unsee or forget the images, isn’t it?

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    I fell for the hype and down loaded to see what it was about. I didn’t read that!! What does the financial info mean? What level of detail do they have access to? Like for credit score is that info on my phone or are they getting access to a credit card app? Stealing info while I’m logged into app?

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    Meta apps and shady Flashlight/Calculator apps, the two at 80mph, who wins?

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    I love that it states that you can request for your data to be deleted with no explicit wording stating that it will be

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      You can request we delete your data and maybe we will lie and say we did when we didn’t actually and maybe we will just tell you to fuck off in nice corporate language but either way you can rest safely knowing we won’t delete your data and will probably let it be stolen by black market hackers