They aren't fighting for privacy, they don't want to keep data incase government asks for it. Server space costing money

Consultant

Also Zuck: *making side deals with Jio/Ambani*

Software Engineer

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Facebook fighting against the government for user privacy wasn't on my 2024 bingo card.

Facebook fighting against the government for user privacy wasn't on my 2024 bingo card.- Grapevine

User privacy is a joke here. Why on Earth you want to trace all the personal chats of the users? It’s a violation of fundamental rights of the users. Well done by WhatsApp!  Read the full article: http://toi.in/Dp70hY49

Kudos to WhatsApp for protecting user privacy🙌

Not shocked at all 😒😪

Damn 
 Messenger chats being shared is messed up  
  
 I have all my messages with my 7th grade crush there

Corporate Strategist

Tesla manufacturing in India would be interesting. I hope they get serious about launching in India too

Product Manager

Many opposition leaders posted today on Twitter saying they got this alert message from Apple warning that the government might be tracking their device. This is absolutely shocking if true! 😳😳

Government getting ready for next year elections? Is this the largest democracy we boast about?

Government spying on Opposition?😳

Sam Altman fired from OpenAi

Just woke up and read this! Sad indeed, guy challenged dominance of Bigtech and made google look like IBM 🥲

Use the best talent for free for their own purpose,

Not sure how many generations will take a hit due to fb/insta mental menace

This is why I don't like zucks products, the hidden agenda is 😓

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Google isn't much better either tbh.

Ad accounts arbitrarily stopped can disrupt cashflows in a major way. I'm seeing a lot of startups struggle with frequent algo/rule changes and blocked accounts.

Sad to see.

Meta can literally screw anyone they like at any time

Product Owner

- The Justice Department has accused TikTok of gathering bulk information on US users based on their views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion, and religion.
- Government lawyers claim TikTok employees used an internal system called Lark to send sensitive data about US users to ByteDance engineers in China, where it was stored on Chinese servers.
- The Justice Department warns that the Chinese government could manipulate TikTok's algorithm to sway public opinion and exacerbate social divisions, a practice known as 'heating'.
- TikTok has denied the allegations, stating that the government has not provided proof and is confident they will prevail in court.
- The legal battle could result in a ban on TikTok in the US if the company does not sever ties with its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance. 

 Source: South China Morning Post

Justice Department Accuses TikTok of Collecting US User Data on Sensitive Issues

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- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed Biden-Harris admin pressured company to censor COVID-19 content in 2021
- Zuckerberg expressed regret for not being more outspoken against government pressure
- Meta mistakenly demoted NY Post's Hunter Biden laptop story during 2020 election
- Zuckerberg aims for neutrality, won't make political contributions this cycle
- Meta has changed policies to prevent future content moderation mistakes 

 Source: [Daily Wire](https://www.dailywire.com/news/zuckerberg-biden-harris-repeatedly-pressured-us-to-censor-free-speech)

Zuckerberg Admits Biden Admin Pressured Meta to Censor Content

Nice to see the openness. Can't imagine how tough it is, to have been derailed by incorrect signals during the bull market. I think they're genuine people who unfortunately could not get it to the right place.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mayank-bidawatka-028b2a1_i-had-promised-updates-and-heres-another-activity-7189226150538240000-MmcI?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Koo founder shares on why they can't pay salaries anymore to employees

Operations Manager

I don't know how many of you know this company- Gokwik. They sit on the majority of checkouts on Indian D2C websites. I placed an order on Boat and gave them my number and address. And voila, it is present across all other D2C using the same checkout. And yesterday, I just browsed a company called Saada and someone from their team called me and emailed me. I never signed up for sharing my details, or at least didn't see any opt-out option. This is in the face of Data privacy and they have been funded for this Business model.

Data Privacy and Gokwik

Founder

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share your silly/interesting/futuristic ideas, which are rotting away in your notes

PS: don't worry about someone stealing your idea, ideas don't matter, execution does. If market is big enough multiple players make money, anyway competition is for losers.

Idea Dump

1.Dehydration of the vegetables and fruits which are considered as poor quality (shape/size) and making Nutritional Powders out of it for livestock consumption. 
 2.E-Market Place to buy Bio-degradable waste (Husk,Paddy Straw) For bio-fuel products based companies. 
 3. Agri-Tourism and an Incubation centre (Makers Place) for Rural Entrepreneurs (Pottery, Bags, Food Products, Clothes etc)

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Senior Software Engineer

These days, I can't help but keep on thinking about post white collar labour economy and it's implication on our day to  day life.... 

We can keep on dwelling in our wishful cocoon but fact remains that world is going to be vastly different in 4-5 years vis a viz today... 

In that scenario, let's us discuss some scenario :
1. What will be impact on rental yields of tier  1 cities and consequently what will be overall impact on Indian real estate 
2. What would be impact on banking interest rates 
3. Where will you park your money in that scenario : Gold, Indian Equity , Big Tech Equity , FD, Real estate or Cash.. 

My opinion :
1. As high paying jobs for majority of people diminishes, Rental yields of tier 1 cities will come down thereby directly impacting real estate. This will result in huge NPA by those people who have taken loans for 20-30 years period. This will eventually bankrupt real estate developers thereby making real estate deflationary. 

2. We will begin to witness  overall a deflationary society where cost of services like Education, software, finance etc will drastically reduce. Moreover due to high NPAs,  banking interest rate will reduce. Home loans for tenure of 20-30 years will drastically reduce due to increased uncertainty. 

3. Gold has historically been inflation proof asset. However will it still be a good asset to invest into in a deflationary society?  What are things that will still hold value then? 

Don't you think current big techs will become East India Company of future indirectly controlling world's economy? 

I would love to know what do grapevine folks think about the same  !

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