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Surveillance advertising in Europe: The adtech industry tracks most of what you do on the Internet. This file shows just how much. (netzpolitik.org)
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[โ€“] setInner234@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Has that ever been independently verified? I remember the WhatsApp founders quit over FB policy to use messages for advertising, but perhaps they've changed course on that. You're right, the metadata alone would be insanely valuable.

[โ€“] Anamana@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

Don't think so, but it would be highly illegal in the EU if they would. Also kinda stupid, because they can gather enough information without reading message contents, like u said as well.