> Given the existence of the shadow profile, FB is exactly as inescapable as a credit reporting agency. That's not true. Facebook has data, but their data isn

> Given the existence of the shadow profile, FB is exactly as inescapable as a credit reporting agency. That's not true. Facebook has data, but their data isn't as valuable and important to individuals as that controlled by a credit reporting agency. For instance, Equifax has info to enable straightforward identity theft, and I need all that data to be there if I want reasonable terms on a loan I may want. The Facebook social graph is mainly valuable to advertisers and intelligence agencies, both of which I can happily ignore day-to-day. It's data could be a tool for identity theft, but I doubt they have the SSNs or CC numbers in their shadow profiles needed to make that easy.