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I mean come on, let's not be coy here: Mark Zuckerberg literally can access and manipulate any Facebook data he wants. That's kind of his entire MO.

• jknoepfler 9y ago
  If you said this about Jeff Bezos and data on AWS, you'd be wrong. That's a bit apples-to-oranges, but what I mean is being an executive in a company does not entail access to customer data retained by the company. I don't expect Facebook to be a good data steward, but they certainly could be. Not to AWS's extent (Facebook can't turn a profit without reading your unencrypted content, currently), but to a minimal extent at least... Then again, whose trust are they trying to earn?
  • theseatoms 9y ago
    They need to maintain the trust of the marginal user. It’s going to be fun to spectate and guess where the network effect breaking point might be.
  • saudioger 9y ago
    Sure, but AWS makes money from being paid to host data securely. Facebook and other social networks make money by selling your data, so it inherently comes with an amount of transparency to function as a marketable product.
    • jknoepfler 9y ago
      I agree completely.