"Once we roll out this update, you'll be able to see information about the apps and websites you've interacted with, and you'll be able to clear this information from your account. You'll even be able to turn off having this information stored with your account."
When the history is "cleared" is it erased from Facebook's storage or is it simply disassociated from the user's account?
How forthright is Facebook in telling its users exactly what it is doing?
"Citing sources close to the matter, The Washington Post reported that Mr Koum's decision to leave was the result of an irreconcilable clash over Facebook's desire to use users' data for the purpose of advertising, in part by weakening the end-to-end encryption that protects messages from being read by anyone other than the intended recipient."
"Jan Koum [WhatsApp founder] leaves Facebook over data privacy issues " there have to be enough Facebook refugees by now out there to build the missile that terminates this experiment in surveillance capitalism - Tim Wu (@superwuster) 1 May 2018"
When the history is "cleared" is it erased from Facebook's storage or is it simply disassociated from the user's account?
How forthright is Facebook in telling its users exactly what it is doing?
"Citing sources close to the matter, The Washington Post reported that Mr Koum's decision to leave was the result of an irreconcilable clash over Facebook's desire to use users' data for the purpose of advertising, in part by weakening the end-to-end encryption that protects messages from being read by anyone other than the intended recipient."
"Jan Koum [WhatsApp founder] leaves Facebook over data privacy issues " there have to be enough Facebook refugees by now out there to build the missile that terminates this experiment in surveillance capitalism - Tim Wu (@superwuster) 1 May 2018"
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