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Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook scans the contents of ALL your private Messenger texts [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 4, 2018 | Tim Collins

Posted on 04/05/2018 3:46:17 AM PDT by C19fan

Facebook scans the contents of messages that people send each other on its Messenger app blocking any that contravene its guidelines, it has emerged.

The scandal-hit firm, still reeling from revelations surrounding Cambridge Analytica, checks images and texts to ensure they are in line with its community standards.

While the intentions behind the practice may be well-meaning, the news is likely to add to users' concerns over what the social network knows about them.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: mcjordansc

That’s the whole point of being on “The Information Superhighway”. That’s why we do it. The internet was never intended to keep secrets. YOU keep secrets by encryption. The conduit was made to be public.


41 posted on 04/05/2018 6:14:26 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: AppyPappy

Interesting opportunity however for some pretty effective disinformation and geometric differentials of content. My brother reads bizarre stuff to Alexa. He will read every third word in passages from three books or news articles of contrary views or opinions. It freaks stuff out. He wont get spam for a week after doing it.


42 posted on 04/05/2018 6:24:03 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: C19fan

Never had a Messenger message not delivered, that I know of. To think that they own the company, wont let you have the FB app without driving you insane to get the Messenger ap, every keystroke you make on either one is, of course, captured and used for their profit.

Duh.


43 posted on 04/05/2018 6:24:16 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Delta 21

Imagine the challenge for the armed forces in securing military intelligence, while at the same time letting troops have the right to modern forms of communications?


44 posted on 04/05/2018 6:28:54 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: Diogenesis; Jim Robinson

I hope Jim never wants to use anything any of use has written here to make more money. Once you hit “POST” it belongs to Jim. Everything on your about page and everything political and social that a buyer could glean off the information stored in basic html on Jim’s backups.

Kinda like trusting Trump with all your private info vs, trusting Obamma with it, ey?

Hopefully Jim wont turn FreeRepublic into FakeBook! I feel pretty secure here as long as I have 1 or 2 canoe accidents a year.


45 posted on 04/05/2018 6:29:37 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Delta 21

The European Data protection Law GDPR which goes into effect in a couple of months will create a big problem for them as all personal data they have currently will come under a very stiff penalty for abuse of it and much more

Take a look at it, in the business side of things companies who do not comply are in some deep doo doo and with the volume of the material they already have compliance will not be cheap

Hoisted on their own petard as it were

Note about Jim and his practices which are great, this is a European Standard for Data Protection.


46 posted on 04/05/2018 6:38:42 AM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: C19fan

Just assume any activity on the internet is being scanned, even here, PM’s are no different.


47 posted on 04/05/2018 6:52:50 AM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: Vaquero

“”Not mine. Never will.

Just Stay off social media””

This is social media and you were just scanned.


48 posted on 04/05/2018 6:54:12 AM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: Dusty Road
you were just scanned.


49 posted on 04/05/2018 6:58:30 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: C19fan

Educated liberals are in deep denial.

A Lawyer in my volunteer group never did believe any of my caution with respect to fakebook.
He now claims fakebook is only a risk if you took their personality test (???). Everyone else is oay(???)

WTF! Fakebbok/twitter/google are all about collecting your content and metadata to generate a dossier about your preferences, likes, dislikes, lifestyle, political preferences > your personality.

This dossier is sold to advertisers and markets. The big win is selling your data to politicians who seek to manipulate folks into voting for them


50 posted on 04/05/2018 7:00:42 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: C19fan

They have learned much from studying the ChiCom Great Firewall.


51 posted on 04/05/2018 7:57:19 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: C19fan

Who the heck didn’t know this???


52 posted on 04/05/2018 7:58:45 AM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republiverycans took their slaves away.)
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To: Dusty Road

Are you known at home among your friends, family and employer as Dusty Road?


53 posted on 04/05/2018 8:09:43 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: Vaquero

“”Are you known at home among your friends, family and employer as Dusty Road?””

No but I can assure you the internet knows my name, age, sex, political leanings and the same for anybody associated. Let’s not be fool’s.


54 posted on 04/05/2018 9:18:13 AM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: cgbg

I hear ya. I’m just saying that I and probably most average people like me are NEVER going to run for office or anything like that.

If they want to read all about me and old friends posting stupid funny stuff to each other or fishing pics, they would be wasting their time.

But trust me, I do understand your point. On the whole, I dont trust much to facebook.


55 posted on 04/05/2018 9:41:03 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: joethedrummer

Joe:

Hope you haven’t insulted any fish. :-)


56 posted on 04/05/2018 9:44:26 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Dusty Road

They don’t know mine.


57 posted on 04/05/2018 9:57:07 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: Dusty Road

And even if someone does know. My family are not involved nor is my job nor are my friends


58 posted on 04/05/2018 9:59:54 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: C19fan

Thankfully, I never fell for, or joined any of the social media crap. FR is the only place I’ve registered with. It’s been my home since 1997. And it will be my home until the day I die.


59 posted on 04/05/2018 11:21:35 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: cgbg

LOL!! Well... maybe a few here or there...


60 posted on 04/06/2018 9:11:28 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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