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WhatsApp's New "Read and Delete" Feature Is Coming, And It's Actually a Big Deal for Your Privacy
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that deletes messages after they've been read, not just after a timer. Here's what you need to know. Okay, this is a good one. WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta and used by over two billion people worldwide, is quietly testing a new feature that will delete your messages automatically after the other person has read them. Not after a timer. After they've actually read it. That's a meaningful difference. And if you care about your priv
Michael Routhier
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A Reader Stopped Me Cold. Here's What He Said About Grief, AI, and the Brain Nobody Understands.
Grief is not a problem to be solved. It's something you go through. That distinction is everything. A few weeks ago I published a post about AI resurrection. About the companies building services that let you have conversations with a chatbot trained on the texts, emails, and voicemails of someone who has died. About a man in our community who lost his wife of 44 years and told me quietly, like he was admitting something he wasn't sure he should, that he was thinking about us
Michael Routhier
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