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Depending on the definition of "privacy". Over time they have limited access to their APIs , so that a new "Cambridge Analytica" has a harder time to extract la
by johannes1234321 8y ago
Depending on the definition of "privacy". Over time they have limited access to their APIs , so that a new "Cambridge Analytica" has a harder time to extract larger amounts of data.
Of course that serves their business: in the beginning they had to be the hub everybody connects to, to get as much attention as possible. Now their business is to monopolize the data, so that ads are sold via their systems.
Framing that as privacy is a great strategy, from Facebook's perspective.
- duxup 8y agoThe whole "Cambridge Analytica" seems to be a limit (that we don't know if it is there or working...) that was only there because ... they weren't limiting. Just not sure how that works. I do agree that their privacy motivations may be a way to make sure that "we got ours, now nobody else should".
- JohnFen 8y ago> Framing that as privacy is a great strategy, from Facebook's perspective. Indeed, because it lets them pretend like they're defenders of privacy while being able to completely ignore the privacy threat that Facebook itself presents.