1. 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 al

1. 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.