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tchalla on Oct 25, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Buy Tbh

> Whenever I read about a Facebook acquisition, I roll my eyes because it tends to be very random... And yet it seems to always work out.

It seems to be random but it is not. Facebook stealthily uses data from mobiles to determine popular apps [0].

[0] https://outline.com/WnGGRk

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