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A software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebook (www.engadget.com)
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[โ€“] Number358@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At least whatsapp has some sort of encryption

[โ€“] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah but that doesn't prevent them from snooping directly on the app. For example they can look at who you're talking to the most, or extract topics of interest from your conversations ("talking about cats? let's sell them cat food")