misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contactswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoThey already grabbed the data when you gave them access to your contacts with their current model. That’s what confuses me, I’m not seeing what their benefit is in this. They have one, and I’m sure it’s nefarious, but I don’t see it.
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They already grabbed the data when you gave them access to your contacts with their current model.
That’s what confuses me, I’m not seeing what their benefit is in this. They have one, and I’m sure it’s nefarious, but I don’t see it.