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>The trusting developers not to sell any data but putting zero safeguards in place to prevent this and extremely punitive repercussions despite being repeatedly

>The trusting developers not to sell any data but putting zero safeguards in place to prevent this and extremely punitive repercussions despite being repeatedly told by the public, media, and even high level employees tells me Facebook can't plead ignorance to this and they not only knew this was happening, but they probably intended for it to happen. Why would they intend for it to happen? They didn't make any money off of this exfiltration, CA paid people via Mechanical Turk to install the application so that they could mine their data. Facebook didn't get a dime. In fact, they have a monetary interest in preventing this, because their data is worth something and these guys just got it from free usage of their API. So the insinuation that Facebook wanted this to happen, or looked away because it benefited them, makes zero sense. What kind of safeguards are you imagining? How do you have 3rd parties interface with Facebook without letting those applications reason about the information within a Facebook account? Tinder is valued at over a billion dollars and it's not possible to use it without a Facebook account-- should Facebook shut that down and ban the entire concept of 3rd party Facebook interaction? I do not understand the anger. They did nothing wrong. I can't believe that people are legitimately arguing that users shouldn't have a right to expose their information to apps.

nugi 9y ago
They sold the data by proxy by knowingly letting the 3rd parties syphon the data. Why else would they be at CA when the cops showed up? Are you being intentionally obtuse?
- nickysielicki 9y ago
  They were at CA because it's a multibillion dollar company and that means that they have people who keep tabs on stories that result in millions of dollars of lost stock value. It's not because they were in cahoots with CA, they were covering their bases. Are you honestly suggesting that CA wrote Facebook a check?
- underwater 9y ago
  They let third parties access data but where are you getting the idea that they “sold the data by proxy”? There is no evidence they wanted the data to be stolen, or that they willingly allowed it.
ruthvik947 9y ago
I think it is ridiculous to think that Facebook is sharing data to 3rd party sources out of charity. If you provide more value via data to integrating applications than any of your competitors, you will continue to have the largest share of the market. So yes, there is profit incentive.
- nickysielicki 9y ago
  Many people find various apps on Facebook to be useful. That makes Facebook a better platform which makes Facebook more valuable. Of course there's the profit that comes with making their product better. Heavens forbid!

nugi 9y ago

They sold the data by proxy by knowingly letting the 3rd parties syphon the data. Why else would they be at CA when the cops showed up? Are you being intentionally obtuse?

nickysielicki 9y ago
They were at CA because it's a multibillion dollar company and that means that they have people who keep tabs on stories that result in millions of dollars of lost stock value. It's not because they were in cahoots with CA, they were covering their bases. Are you honestly suggesting that CA wrote Facebook a check?
underwater 9y ago
They let third parties access data but where are you getting the idea that they “sold the data by proxy”? There is no evidence they wanted the data to be stolen, or that they willingly allowed it.

ruthvik947 9y ago

I think it is ridiculous to think that Facebook is sharing data to 3rd party sources out of charity. If you provide more value via data to integrating applications than any of your competitors, you will continue to have the largest share of the market. So yes, there is profit incentive.

nickysielicki 9y ago
Many people find various apps on Facebook to be useful. That makes Facebook a better platform which makes Facebook more valuable. Of course there's the profit that comes with making their product better. Heavens forbid!