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One thing I don't quite understand is why Facebook's data about me is my data? In my opinion, it's not. I've never put a single thing on Facebook with the exp

One thing I don't quite understand is why Facebook's data about me is my data? In my opinion, it's not. I've never put a single thing on Facebook with the expectation that I'd own it or control it.

vmateixeira 8y ago
You know that Facebook still collects information about you, even though you may not even have an account, right? [1] http://fortune.com/2018/04/11/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-data-testimony/ http://fortune.com/2018/04/11/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-data-... [2] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/data-off-facebook/ https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/data-off-facebook/ [3] https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-give-apps-sensitive-personal-information-then-they-tell-facebook-11550851636 https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-give-apps-sensitive-persona...
- PopeDotNinja 8y ago
  I understand what you're saying, and you're not wrong. I just find the concept of data about me being "my data" to be strange. If someone takes a picture of me, it's their picture. If I use your website, and you collect information about me, it's your information. Maybe I just don't care what you know about me. I know the REALLY good stuff about me, and I ain't sharin' that with anyone!
  - 2_listerine_pls 8y ago
    It's not your data, but it's data about you and it better be under your control. Your data might be used to target your with information in order to change your political views, to increase your insurance pricing, to decline a loan, etc...
    - astura 8y ago
      Why should it be "under my control?" This is not how I understand the world to work. If I get caught, say, drinking and driving then I don't get to control if newspapers, courts, police, etc, share it with others. If I go to a party and take a shit on the floor I don't get to dictate what the other party attendants do with that information. I don't get to demand they don't take that information into account when deciding to invite me to another party. Also, insurance companies and loan companies don't use Facebook data (nor are they legally allowed to).
yaur 8y ago
Its because you don't use Facebook in order to communicate WITH facebook. Just like with the telephone company or an email provider they only have access to the communication by virtue of the fact that they have set themselves up as an intermediary.

One thing I don't quite understand is why Facebook's data about me is my data? In my opinion, it's not. I've never put a single thing on Facebook with the expectation that I'd own it or control it.

vmateixeira 8y ago

You know that Facebook still collects information about you, even though you may not even have an account, right? [1] http://fortune.com/2018/04/11/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-data-testimony/ http://fortune.com/2018/04/11/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-data-... [2] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/data-off-facebook/ https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/data-off-facebook/ [3] https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-give-apps-sensitive-personal-information-then-they-tell-facebook-11550851636 https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-give-apps-sensitive-persona...

PopeDotNinja 8y ago
I understand what you're saying, and you're not wrong. I just find the concept of data about me being "my data" to be strange. If someone takes a picture of me, it's their picture. If I use your website, and you collect information about me, it's your information. Maybe I just don't care what you know about me. I know the REALLY good stuff about me, and I ain't sharin' that with anyone!
- 2_listerine_pls 8y ago
  It's not your data, but it's data about you and it better be under your control. Your data might be used to target your with information in order to change your political views, to increase your insurance pricing, to decline a loan, etc...
  - astura 8y ago
    Why should it be "under my control?" This is not how I understand the world to work. If I get caught, say, drinking and driving then I don't get to control if newspapers, courts, police, etc, share it with others. If I go to a party and take a shit on the floor I don't get to dictate what the other party attendants do with that information. I don't get to demand they don't take that information into account when deciding to invite me to another party. Also, insurance companies and loan companies don't use Facebook data (nor are they legally allowed to).

yaur 8y ago

Its because you don't use Facebook in order to communicate WITH facebook. Just like with the telephone company or an email provider they only have access to the communication by virtue of the fact that they have set themselves up as an intermediary.