Tag: Facebook

Facebook reported private messages to the FBI if the content expressed anti-government or anti-authority sentiments. The FBI stated the reports were a waste of their time as no direct planned violent acts could be derived. source: https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/facebook-spied-on-private-messages-of-americans-who-questioned-2020-election/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2022/09/14/facebook-spied-on-private-messages-of-americans-who-questioned-the-2020-election-archived-source/

Even when a Facebook account is deactivated the company continues to use the account in it’s offline state for further data collection and analysis and ad revenue, ignoring the end user’s privacy. source: https://digiday.com/media/why-facebook-keeps-collecting-peoples-data-and-building-their-profiles-even-when-their-accounts-are-deactivated/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/10/28/facebook-collects-data-even-when-accounts-are-deactivated-archived-source/

Albeit the claim by Facebook about the messages in their WhatsApp messenger service being end-to-encrypted this seems not to be the case, exposing every content send via the service and violating the end user’s privacy. source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/whatsapp-end-to-end-encrypted-messages-arent-that-private-after-all/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/09/08/whatsapp-end-to-end-encrypted-messages-arent-that-private-after-all-archived-source/

Facebook builds a team with the task to analyze encrypted user data without decrypting it. It shows the company has no respect for end user privacy and only aims to gain as much profit as possible from selling as much user data as they can in every way possible. source: https://www.techspot.com/news/90660-facebook-reportedly-trying-analyze-encrypted-data-without-decrypting.html archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/08/03/facebook-is-reportedly-trying-to-analyze-encrypted-data-without-decrypting-it-archived-source/

Palestinian journalists found their WhatsApp messenger accounts blocked only to be restored a few days later, leaving them without an important communication tool. The incident shows the company Facebook bends to the will of foreign countries, in this case Israel, to push their interests instead of standing in for a free press. source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/25/israel-blocks-whatsapp-accounts-of-gaza-journalists archived […]