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stux⚡️
@stux@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/116221805295722939

#Meta only exists for two reasons:

- Money
- Info gathering on everyone for reason 1

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Darren :verified: :verified:
@lywyn@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux need more data to feed the AI slop engine.

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TheBeardedNewt
@TheRiccard@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux with Meta being in full support of the fascist regime take over in the us, it seems ominous that they choose the 8. of May.
As the 8.5.1945 was the end of the fascist regime in Germany...

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Nu Modular
@numodular@c.im replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux Capitalism spells out its goals:

pro:fit

over

am:a:unfit

We don't need no stinkin' future generations!..

*sigh*

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🌜Galactic Stone🌛
@galacticstone@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux I cannot understand why people continue to use Insta. It's a shithole. When I see that a person or business has an Insta profile, I'm out. I have no use for people with zero principles.

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Space Invader
@spaceinvader@social.securitytheater.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux @pheonix

Thinking cynically, Meta enabled E2EE so they could ride the goodwill of enabling it. A short wait meant more users, enhancing the social network lock-in. Now they can disable it to get more data, and if you want to leave, even more people are sucked in whom you have to convince to leave.

With everything we know about Meta, I have faith this strategy was laid out in an internal document somewhere.

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ArchiveScribe
@archivescribe@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux Thus, why I am not on Facebook (left it years ago) and refused to start an Instagram account. I know I'm still getting spied on by other means, but I can at least limit the damage from Zuckerberg's crew.

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Goldmaster
@Goldmaster@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Another reason to get with the times and get @signalapp

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Netscape Navigator
@NetscapeNavigator@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux

This change is both state-sponsored and to the benefit of Meta (Facebook / Instagram).

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #StateSponsored

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Graeme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@pa27@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux Because they want to scan you messages...

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ondřej s
@white_monkey@witter.cz replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux what a coincidence! I just deleted my ig account today

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stu
@stu@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux Thats not good at all lol.

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Andrew Furrow
@andrew@mastodon.furrow.me replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux it was never E2EE in the first place. They always had access themselves. Probably doing this to stave off future liability.

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Faye
@Divorytaur@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux Three… - the continuing illusion of solving a self worth problem for the one who developed the original facebook application.

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millennial fulcrum
@falcennial@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux there are people using instagram...?

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corporate owned social media is unfit for human consumption.
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SirJohnOldcastle
@SirJohnOldcastle@mastodon.coffee replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux And of the major tech companies the easiest to totally disengage with.

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BigLinter
@biglinter@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux see, thats why they called it end to end

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Frank Heijkamp
@alterelefant@mastodontech.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux
Typical

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Ryek Darkener
@_RyekDarkener_@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux

Why not?

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GhostOnTheHalfShell
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux

I would also like to suggest there can be a more malign motivation to this.

They are getting rid of it in order to deploy pervasive surveillance. In other words to remove of somewhat secure communication channel to coordinate political movement.

Facebook is openly declaring that they are dismantling any mechanism for social organization and are preparing the platform for total surveillance

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GhostOnTheHalfShell
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux

I wonder if they could make any money selling people’s information? 🤔

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Dusty
@d1@autistics.life replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux Opportunity knocks for #Mastodon to - get this - *add* e2ee on DMs.

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Taran Rampersad
@knowprose@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux one more time for the slow kids, please. 🙃

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prom™️
@promovicz@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux Maybe also:

- unchecked rich people narcissism

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GhostOnTheHalfShell
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@promovicz @stux

That’s actually a little interesting. How many super rich people just slop information between each other through and an encryption on these platforms.

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prom™️
@promovicz@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @stux My point is slightly different: I think that Mark Zuckerberg is a willingly malicious narcissist who established his business on mass-data robbery. That's the narcissism I'm referring to.

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GhostOnTheHalfShell
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@promovicz @stux

I fully agree with your assessment. I was just wondering how many of these super rich people have compromising material hang around in their direct messages?

I’d rather suspect that when they rip direct messages out that all the content will simply disappear because if they’ve done it correctly, they can’t access the clear text.

People with more money than sense, may not even pay attention and keep on using DM

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prom™️
@promovicz@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @stux Quite a few, probably? I'm going by the "we're good on opsec" incident. It's certainly possible that they're trying to spy on each other.

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crazyeddie
@crazyeddie@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux In the USA we now have the added influence of:

3 - do what government (ie the Trump dynasty) wants in order to continue pursuing 1

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Oxyte Post-FOSDEM clarity
@oxyte@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux Meta exists for 638 reasons

A screenshot of Meta's stock price as of March 12, 2026, at 638.18 USD
A screenshot of Meta's stock price as of March 12, 2026, at 638.18 USD
A screenshot of Meta's stock price as of March 12, 2026, at 638.18 USD
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Zark Muckerburg
@64bithero@mstdn.games replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux I have my doubts they ever did it to begin with. And before a whistle blower came out about it they say this to “save face”

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Baron Henrik von Pömpöösi
@henrik@eliitin-some.fi replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@stux

end-to-end to end. lol.

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