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What are those ”facebook actions” ? Please list them-one, two, thee and so on, no vague and generic descriptions AKA “they got your information” , “they track you” . Untill now these “actions” are- showing me advertising i don’t care about, showing “people you might know” I definitely do no know, showing ads in foreign language. Wow, such AI. Don’t get me wrong, FB is absolute trash, I deleted app, log in desktop version once a day for a minute just to be sure- there is no content, every thing is unrelated shares, ads, original content maybe once on a week, absolutely nothing to see and do. Should be kinda opposite, if they got so much info about me from all that info they got...

Your attitude towards this whole thing and towards people who differ from you with respect to their views on privacy vis-a-vis yours is bewildering to the point of being amusing.

Instead of picking my words and expecting and going so far as even asking me to list the issues out, you could have used a minute of your time to search for it on the internet with just three words - Facebook privacy issues - and you'd know what the hullabaloo is all about.

Anyhoo, let me list some out for you, you can trust whichever of these, or none:

1. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/timeline-facebook-s-privacy-issues-its-responses-n859651

2. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/14/facebook-privacy-problems-roundup

3. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/technology/facebook-privacy-hearings.html

4. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/google-facebook-data-privacy-concerns-out-of-control-commentary.html

5. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/04/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-user-privacy-issues-my-mistake.html

6. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-costs-analysis-idUSKBN1GW01F

7. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...-location-tracking-friend-games/#7b76e41535f9

While you are at it, take another few minutes and search for another three words - WhatsApp privacy issues. You'd see that your "nobody cares" does not fly. Some corporations and even the United Nations have asked their people to stop using WhatsApp, over concerns regarding security and privacy. I have never gone so far on this forum, but come on, which arrogant and entitled world are you sitting atop to have a go at members on this forum, berating them, calling them insignificant, telling them that nobody cares about their "information" in quotes (and, therefore, mocking them), for having a genuine concern that the who's who of the world happen to be reflecting?

Here are results for WhatsApp privacy issues:

1. https://www.theguardian.com/comment...acy-facebook-consumers-information-commission

2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...enger-puts-your-privacy-at-risk/#66ebe2174e57

3. https://www.dw.com/en/new-eu-data-law-forces-firms-to-ban-whatsapp-snapchat-from-phones/a-44076861

4. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...ackdoor-government-data-request/#43ec0bcd1030

Here is specifically about the United Nations' concern with WhatsApp:

1. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-u...p-since-june-2019-over-security-idUKKBN1ZM32O

2. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/23/reu...g-whatsapp-since-june-2019-over-security.html

3. https://business.financialpost.com/...-using-whatsapp-since-june-2019-over-security

Giving you three news sources for this one since I do not know which one would you place credence in.
 
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MrGuder

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iPhone 11 Pro Max and iOS 13.3.1

But I got the Dark Theme already with my XS Max before.
I’m thinking it must be my iPhone 6s even though I’m on iOS 13.3 it must be rolled out to only the newer iPhones.
 

Stalwart

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why is this so difficult to implement? why is it taking Facebook a year since messenger? makes no sense

I bet Messenger and WhatsApp apps are developed by the same person (singular).

As long as the app displays ads, it's considered feature-complete. All other features are low priority. Location sharing in FB Messenger didn't work for 2(?) years, and only been fixed recently
 
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