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> The accusation only holds if your definition of "selling data" includes any transaction where data is leaked as part of a transaction. Importantly, in the ad
by jakelazaroff 8y ago
> The accusation only holds if your definition of "selling data" includes any transaction where data is leaked as part of a transaction. Importantly, in the ad model the information leakage is an unintended (but unavoidable) side effect.
So, if leaking data isn't their primary intent, it's cool if it happens — even if Facebook knows there's a causal relationship between their advertising model and data leakage? Why should a company not be liable for known externalities of their business?
- SpicyLemonZest 8y agoShould a clothing store be held liable because some people wear its clothes as gang signs? It’s simply not a workable standard to demand that companies make it impossible in principle for third parties to do shady things with their stuff.
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