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I didn't realize Facebook did this. I feel like the spirit of the idea is from a good place, though, even its the implementation and messaging have flaws. The a
by larrik 9y ago
I didn't realize Facebook did this. I feel like the spirit of the idea is from a good place, though, even its the implementation and messaging have flaws. The article has a bit of a "it's evil" slant that I'm not entirely sure I agree with.
That said, I'm on Linux, so it would be pretty tricky for me to fix this issue if it happened to me.
- Bartweiss 9y agoThe one part that struck me as genuinely evil is refusing to offer a guarantee about the data use. I realize internet companies all always hate offering info about data use, much less binding agreements. But "let us and a third party touch and modify every single byte on your machine to use our product" is a gigantic ask, and deserves at least some good-faith effort to keep the results walled off from everything except security initiatives. Beyond that, the intent seems fine. I still think it's hubris, though - Facebook is ostensibly just a website, and attempting to remotely diagnose and treat malware is something they ought to acknowledge they're not going to do well.
- rwmj 9y agoWell that's easy: They guarantee they will store and use all the data forever, and they guarantee they will lie to both you and the authorities about what they have used it for and whether it has been deleted.
- Bartweiss 9y agoOk, fair point. A data-use guarantee would only reassure me if I didn't expect outright lying, and that's more faith than I have at the moment.