Presuming Facebook has some sort of totally encompassing omniscience is a little foolhardy in light of e.g. the Russia issues, isn’t it? I tacitly admitted they

Presuming Facebook has some sort of totally encompassing omniscience is a little foolhardy in light of e.g. the Russia issues, isn’t it? I tacitly admitted they may at worst suspect but not know that third parties are targeting in this way. I’m not sure I trust that security researchers can be relied upon to catch everything. There are so many flagrant abuses of user privacy that go unchecked or remarked upon and nevertheless ignored that such an avenue of prevention seems highly unreliable. Also you’d be surprised at what people are willing to do when you define a certain culture and incentive structure. While you may dismiss it, I find it frankly astounding that the NSA program managed to metastasize into the behemoth it became before it was finally outed to the public. And even a cursory reading of behavioral psychology will help to explain how that can happen. I also know that Facebook perversely prioritizes metrics above pretty much all else. And it means they’re perfectly willing to indulge in dark patterns if the numbers line up.