Grumpy Old Geeks Topics Private message scanning Topic Private message scanning 2 mentions in 1 episode The hosts discuss a lawsuit alleging that Facebook’s scanning of users’ messages violates privacy laws. Mentions 90: Back in the Saddle Again Jan 3, 2015 25:09 the scanning therefore violates the federal wiretap act as well as California's invasion of privacy act 25:27 Facebook was dumb enough not to put it in their TOS