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[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Even bigger than these?

  • Yes, I’ve read the agreement, and
  • I totally agree to all of it.
  • I’m also over 18, pinky promise. 💖
  • Also, remember me so that I don’t have to type my password again next week when I log in.

The tech industry is built on so many lies.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago
  1. Facebook can exfiltrate your data anyway (and have been, what other way can they make money off of what’s app)
  2. This article is clearly ai slop. Good grief this writing style is horrendous.
[-] XLE@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago

The bigger lie is probably at the beginning of the article, from the CEO of Telegram.

[WhatsApp] reads users’ messages and shares them with third parties. Telegram has never done this — and never will.”

This whole article is exhausting to read because it appears AI generated, though. I've never seen somebody write that many short, "punchy" sentences in a row. For example, take a gander at this seven-word, three-sentence paragraph.

WhatsApp uses this. It’s real. It works.

[-] DeckPacker@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I immediately noticed, it's AI with the "This isn't x, it's y" sentence.

But here’s the thing: this isn’t a political fight. It’s not a he-said, she-said between tech billionaires. It’s a technical question.

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

To be fair, there are many humans who talk this way too, but point taken.

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