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by lokischild 1953 days ago
You seem to make many assumptions that are, AFAIK, false. The data is there and gets stored indefinitely. It is not only monetized for ADs, but for surveillance as well. Companies and state contact the company and buy that data about you.
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Do you have a source for that? Because your claims don’t match the proposed WhatsApp privacy policy changes this refers to.

You can read a summary of the proposed changes here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/tech-policy/202...

Contrary to the public perception, Facebook isn’t in the business of selling data to other companies. The proposed changes don’t change that situation.

A privacy policy isn’t going to stop the state from legally accessing data they’re legally entitled to.

This is what I was trying to say with my comment above: The public perception of what these companies are doing has diverged from what they’re actually doing, and it’s making everyone so jaded that they’ve stopped paying attention to the details.