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> It's apparently not my data and privacy and I have no say in it at all when someone uploads their goddamn contact list to these frickin' crooks.

Afaik that's actually the legal situation in the US due to the third-party doctrine [0]. It's one of the ways government mass surveillance has been "legalized" without having to comply with the Fourth Amendment.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine



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