Reply to post: Re: This is what could really do Zuckwit and his company serious harm

Fleeing Facebook app users realise what they agreed to in apps years ago – total slurpage

Roml0k

Re: This is what could really do Zuckwit and his company serious harm

> But if they've slurped data on INCOMING texts and calls and used that to build up data graphs on the phone numbers who made the calls and texts (who may well have not installed FB's app and therefore not given permission) then their goose is truly cooked according to some European countries' privacy laws.

I wonder if this kind of slurping doesn't also run afoul of California wiretapping law, which requires consent from all parties involved. IIRC, a 2015 ruling affirmed that collecting metadata without all-party consent can also count as a breach of wiretapping laws.

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