Facebook snooped on users' Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal (techcrunch.com)
from sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to fediverse@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 07:14
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GasMaskedLunatic@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Mar 2024 07:26 next collapse

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

ogmios@sh.itjust.works on 27 Mar 2024 08:16 collapse

They “trust me,” dumb fucks

blackfire@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 07:40 next collapse

Absolutely disgusting. They should get sued into the ground, then through it.

ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today on 27 Mar 2024 12:31 collapse

Only matters if fine is at least 5% Facebook revenue probably.

bstix@feddit.dk on 27 Mar 2024 08:08 next collapse

I bet they snoop on a lot more than just Snapchat.

pop@lemmy.ml on 27 Mar 2024 08:37 next collapse

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 on 27 Mar 2024 20:36 collapse

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

Dasnap@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 10:22 next collapse

Doesn’t Zuck put covers on his laptop cameras?

thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org on 27 Mar 2024 12:31 collapse

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.

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 27 Mar 2024 10:26 collapse

In the article they said it was later extended to Amazon and YouTube

livus@kbin.social on 27 Mar 2024 09:50 next collapse

Extradite them.

Oh wait...

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca on 27 Mar 2024 09:59 next collapse

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 $$$)

technomad@slrpnk.net on 27 Mar 2024 10:37 next collapse

What’s a CFPA indictment?

makyo@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 11:13 next collapse

The only reason this might see real legal action is that FB did this to other megacorps.

DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 16:24 collapse

Do you mean Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)?

nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Mar 2024 12:25 next collapse

Its okay guys, we hear you, we see you, were gonna ban tik tok!

DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 16:28 next collapse

Yet another example of why we need privacy laws with real teeth.

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 20:17 next collapse

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

febra@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 2024 20:46 next collapse

Guess they’ll have to sell the company to an American buyer now!

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works on 29 Mar 2024 12:05 collapse

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.al on 29 Mar 2024 12:22 collapse

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?