@DannyMac to Technology • 7 months agoA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square83arrow-up1924arrow-down114
arrow-up1910arrow-down1external-linkA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.com@DannyMac to Technology • 7 months agomessage-square83
minus-squareBilliamlinkEnglish9•7 months ago try to get them to atleast WhatsApp WhatsApp is also owned by Facebook, so switching to that from Messenger is a bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
minus-squarelemmyvorelinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoYeah 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”)
WhatsApp is also owned by Facebook, so switching to that from Messenger is a bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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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”)