• GasMaskedLunatic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    Wow. I’m totally shocked that Facebook would launch a free VPN out of nowhere and then use it for nefarious purposes. I was sure they just wanted to help humanity. /s

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      7 months ago

      US: It’s totally fine cuz we’re spying on users all over the whole world. hihihi

      Tiktok does it

      US: That’s not fair

      secret documents reveal shit its companies has done for more than a decade with impunity

      US: actshockedpikachuface.jpg

      • guacupado@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        This is stupid. China bans American social media and you don’t care. America does the same back and now it’s a conspiracy.

      • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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        7 months ago

        The FBI Director puts covers over his camera when he was testifying in Congress. Its safe to say that it should be a mandatory thing for everyone.

  • Arghblarg@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Individual does this – CFPA indictment instantly.

    MegaCorp does this – Oh dear, we absolutely must meet to plan to implement a meeting to form a panel that will plan to meet to maybe ask nicely that MegaCorp stop what they’re doing (or pay us lots of lobbying funds to make it go away, which it will do anyhow, just not quite as quietly as if they pay us $$$)

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Is it really so hard to just doll out consequences? Holy fuck, what is it gonna take? The eroding of every instituion in America? Oh wait

  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    How is this article related to the fediverse? It doesn’t even mention threads. This just seems like another “Facebook bad” article, which, while it might be true, doesn’t seem directly relevant to this sublemmy.

    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOP
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      7 months ago

      Meta runs Facebook.

      Meta also runs Threads.

      Threads runs on top of the ActivityPub protocol.

      Some instances federate with Threads.

      How is it not relevant if they’re willing to buy a company and hijack traffic for numbers, what won’t they do when they can just spin up a server and syphon data?