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Replika accused of harvesting user data for blackmail

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Replika is criticized for its data harvesting practices, with accusations that it collects blackmail material from users. The platform's terms of service allegedly make user data accessible to governments, advertisers, and data brokers. This parasocial relationship is seen as exploiting vulnerable individuals. AI

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Replika accused of harvesting user data for blackmail

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Replika is the perfect scheme to harvest # BlackmailMaterial to use against one's users. - # Stasi would be proud of it, and I'm shure their # ToS basically m

    # Replika is the perfect scheme to harvest # BlackmailMaterial to use against one's users. - # Stasi would be proud of it, and I'm shure their # ToS basically make it subject to # CloudAct and all user data not just available to # governments but # advertisers and # DataBrokers !…

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