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Facebook engineers know exactly what is going on, and I don't think they actually care. If you want to see exactly how creepy the whole thing is going to get i

Facebook engineers know exactly what is going on, and I don't think they actually care. If you want to see exactly how creepy the whole thing is going to get in the future, you just have to take a look at the transcripts from the Software Engineering Daily podcast where a group of engineers from FB were interviewed recently. The interviewer never once mentioned the word privacy in the entire interview across all the five interviews (with pretty senior FB folks who have been there for quite a while). Or for that matter, there wasn't really a single question across all the five interviews which left me thinking "Well, at least there is someone inside Facebook who disagrees at least minimally with company policies". You can search for this in the transcripts yourself. https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SEDFB04-Facebook-GraphQL.pdf https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019... https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SEDFB10-Facebook-Open-Source-Management.pdf https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019... https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SED874-Facebook-Data-Infrastructure.pdf https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019... https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SED873-Facebook-Engineering-Culture.pdf https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019... https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SED872-Facebook-PHP.pdf https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019...

tjpnz 7y ago
>Facebook engineers know exactly what is going on, and I don't think they actually care. I know of founders who would need to think carefully about even interviewing someone with Facebook on their resume. And I totally get these concerns given the attitude Facebook has towards the privacy of users.
- medecau 7y ago
  > think carefully about even interviewing someone with Facebook on their resume Good, engineers need to be accountable for their complicity.
- utouq 7y ago
  What a witch hunt. This is akin to persecuting people for their politics.
  - ryanlol 7y ago
    >This is akin to persecuting people for their politics. Whether or not this is a bad thing strictly depends on the politics.
  - holstvoogd 7y ago
    Well, engineers can have a lot of ethical responsibility. A resume that show you have no scruples doing unethical things is a fine way to gauge if someone is a suitable match. Not much different then background checks for working in schools or what ever.
  - tjpnz 7y ago
    If a founder or person in charge of hiring views a candidate as a threat to either the business or their customers then they have every right to pass on that candidate.
  - mkane848 7y ago
    Accountability == Witch Hunt? Where have I heard this before...
  - anonymousab 7y ago
    Which is something people do. For example, you wouldn't hire someone who takes their politics to just-under-violent extremist levels, as it would be bad PR.
  - medecau 7y ago
    s/politics/ethics/
rhacker 7y ago
Probably edited, and FB kept editorial rights as part of the agreement to do those.

tjpnz 7y ago

>Facebook engineers know exactly what is going on, and I don't think they actually care. I know of founders who would need to think carefully about even interviewing someone with Facebook on their resume. And I totally get these concerns given the attitude Facebook has towards the privacy of users.

medecau 7y ago
> think carefully about even interviewing someone with Facebook on their resume Good, engineers need to be accountable for their complicity.
utouq 7y ago
What a witch hunt. This is akin to persecuting people for their politics.
- ryanlol 7y ago
  >This is akin to persecuting people for their politics. Whether or not this is a bad thing strictly depends on the politics.
- holstvoogd 7y ago
  Well, engineers can have a lot of ethical responsibility. A resume that show you have no scruples doing unethical things is a fine way to gauge if someone is a suitable match. Not much different then background checks for working in schools or what ever.
- tjpnz 7y ago
  If a founder or person in charge of hiring views a candidate as a threat to either the business or their customers then they have every right to pass on that candidate.
- mkane848 7y ago
  Accountability == Witch Hunt? Where have I heard this before...
- anonymousab 7y ago
  Which is something people do. For example, you wouldn't hire someone who takes their politics to just-under-violent extremist levels, as it would be bad PR.
- medecau 7y ago
  s/politics/ethics/

rhacker 7y ago

Probably edited, and FB kept editorial rights as part of the agreement to do those.