a friend — whom I’ve known 30 years — recently pulled me (back) into WhatsApp. She has a Mac & an iPad, but video chat with her granddaughter happens on WhatsApp; there are no Meta-is-evil arguments more powerful than that.
It immediately insisted on full access to my contacts, explicitly to be uploaded to Meta’s servers.
Apple should disallow this. People have the right to share their own info with Meta (et al) — they do NOT have the right to share other people’s.
Christopher Mackay 🇨🇦 /
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2024-05-21 15:09:48
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