“Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
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Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#2"We don't know what you're writing, but we know who you're talking to! We love encryption now!"
Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#3The title seems to suggest an announcement but the article is essentially speculation. Sure, it's likely that Facebook will exploit the mega-chatosphere for its data in the same way it currently does with each service individually (and cross service if you count account linkage). However, this article is essentially sensationalism for the sake of plugging their own privacy focused chat app.
I suggest the title be renamed to something less official sounding.
Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#4Surveillance on the general public is bought by employers/businesses not security services. Yet all these articles keep mentioning law enforcement. 90% of people don’t care if the NSA/FBI are mining their communication for criminal activity. They would care if they realized it affected their job offers, they would care if they realized it means lower wages, less competition, less political freedom.
The USA has long aspired to be a place of outstanding liberty; to run your own business, to say what you want, to own what you want, and in a less corrupt landscape relative to the rest of the world. With its lead in citizen surveillance it is fast becoming the opposite.
Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#5The title seems to suggest an announcement but the article is essentially speculation. Sure, it's likely that Facebook will exploit the mega-chatosphere for its data in the same way it currently does with each service individually (and cross service if you count account linkage). However, this article is essentially sensationalism for the sake of plugging their own privacy focused chat app. I suggest the title be ren…
Sure thing, we've taken a stab at it.
Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#6FUD with nothing but speculation, and a covert ad for their "Cwtch IM" program.
Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#7But don't they already know who you are talking to ?
Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#8Surveillance on the general public is bought by employers/businesses not security services. Yet all these articles keep mentioning law enforcement. 90% of people don’t care if the NSA/FBI are mining their communication for criminal activity. They would care if they realized it affected their job offers, they would care if they realized it means lower wages, less competition, less political freedom. The USA has long a…
The problem with the FBI/NSA mining their communication "for criminal activity" is that they probably don't do it exclusively for that. After Snowden we found out that sometimes NSA employees would use this snooping to stalk people they wanted to be in a relationship with, spy on their neighbors and other such unsavory things.
Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#9The title seems to suggest an announcement but the article is essentially speculation. Sure, it's likely that Facebook will exploit the mega-chatosphere for its data in the same way it currently does with each service individually (and cross service if you count account linkage). However, this article is essentially sensationalism for the sake of plugging their own privacy focused chat app. I suggest the title be ren…
Sure thing, we've taken a stab at it.
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Re: “Facebook are going to monetize encrypted messaging by consolidating metadata”
#10I read another tech journalist twitter thread that hypothesized it was to make it harder for a regulator to break up the company because once combined it would be near impossible to break up without negatively impacting users.