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Would not it be easier to make a law forbidding transferring personal information without a person's consent? Not opt-out, but rather opt-in scheme. Companies like Google just exploit a lack of regulation.



As usual, the European Union has some good intentions in this area:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/10/whatsapp-...

We'll see how that goes. I have a feeling most users will just opt in without much care.




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