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batch12 on July 18, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook has started to encrypt links to counter p...

This is the anti-piracy stance too. Information cannot be stolen like this, only duplicated. It isn't the same thing. I am not a Facebook user nor have I ever been. I have never agreed to allow Facebook to track me. I don't owe then my data just because a random blog decides to embed a tracker.

Edit: clarification

thfuran on July 18, 2022 [–]

If information cannot be stolen, how is Facebook harming you? They've taken nothing.

batch12 on July 19, 2022 | | [–]

No, that's not theft it's exploitation by a large company against people who struggle to defend themselves against it.

squarefoot on July 18, 2022 | | [–]

Privacy is a completely different beast.

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