Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Richard MacManus @ricmac@mastodon.social

7/10/2025, 2:13:01 PM

Public

Oh no…now Meta is automatically sharing our private messages to its AI. As far as I can tell, you can only turn it off for each message thread, one at a time (and there seems to be no option to turn it off *at all* for group threads!). Yet another privacy disaster from Facebook.

I use Messenger btw for family and non-tech friends, so don’t (ahem) shoot the messenger.

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Turn off message sharing permissions in a chat on Messenger
1. From your inbox, open a chat on Messenger.
2. Tap the name of the chat at the top.
3. Below Privacy & support, tap • Message permissions.
4. Tap the toggle next to Allow message sharing © to turn off message sharing. Tap it again to turn it on.
If you turn off message sharing:
• The option to auto-save photos will also be turned off.
• No one in the chat will be able to use Al features that involve sharing messages with Meta Al, such as summarizing with Meta Al or asking Meta Al to edit someone else's photo.
• Remember that people can still share messages or content in the chat with other people (example: by forwarding) or with Meta (by reporting).

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