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"Facebook makes their money by exploiting and selling intimate details about the private lives of millions, far beyond the scant details you voluntarily post."
by 734786710934 9y ago
"Facebook makes their money by exploiting and selling intimate details about the private lives of millions, far beyond the scant details you voluntarily post."
Facebook doesn't sell information, it sells ads. It's in Facebook's best interest to share as little of this information as possible with third parties so they continue buying ads.
- EdSharkey 9y agoI am voting you up! I figure we must promote your calming beliefs. We must allow the the socials' privacy violation pressure cooker to build up its internal pressure to WMD levels. When it finally blows, the socials will be destroyed by the combination of regulatory over-reaction and lawsuits.
- jijfeoiwha 9y ago1. You're quibbling over semantics. Facebook profits by selling ads. The value of those ads is that they can be precisely targeted. That precision comes from all the private data Facebook collects on you. So Snowden's quote is true. 2. In the past, Facebook has sold info to advertisers and tracking companies: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968?mod=wsj_share_twitter https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304772804575558... That article is a little old, and Facebook may have changed their policy. But the recent story about Cambridge Analytics shows that, at least in some cases, Facebook still shares your information with third parties.