Facebook facing class-action lawsuit for ‘invasive scanning’ of private messages

[TG2]

[quote]The Facebook class-action would cover any Facebook user in the US who sent or received a private message in the last two years that included a web link.[/quote]
what

[ThePuska]

I kind of want to know how many other chat services follow links. It shouldn't be too hard to test. Just make a web server and start sending links. In fact I'll go do that right now.

[Zethin]

I've received plenty of spam links over the past two years. Surely they aren't giving everyone covered under "received/sent a link in the past 2 years" anywhere close to that amount of money. Even $200 is farfetched, let alone chasing anything above $1,000/user.

[DesolateGrun]

i get a bunch of rethink isreal ads thanks to my racist group chat with my friends

[DarKSunrise]

[QUOTE=ThePuska;46799085]I kind of want to know how many other chat services follow links. It shouldn't be too hard to test. Just make a web server and start sending links. In fact I'll go do that right now.[/QUOTE]

you should write a blog post about this or something

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;46801633]i get a bunch of rethink isreal ads thanks to my racist group chat with my friends[/QUOTE]

What's facebook without friends sharing racist shit?

[SirZoloft]

Well I'll still hop onboard even though I use ABP on Facebook.