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If Facebook offers a public API, people will complain that Facebook hasn't learned their lesson from Cambridge analytica. If they don't, then they're accused of
by forgotmyhnacc 7y ago
If Facebook offers a public API, people will complain that Facebook hasn't learned their lesson from Cambridge analytica. If they don't, then they're accused of having a walled garden. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
- dmix 7y agoI thought Cambridge Analytica had access to far more data than was available on the public API which is what made it so controversial?
- ArtDev 7y agoYes, that was precisely the issue.
- lalos 7y agoWho started with this whole facebook = "Damned if you do, damned if you don't". Been seeing this all over the place. Is it just a catchy phrase or some higher up in the tech world said it and everyone is parroting it? Search results for comments of the last month https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=false&query=Damned%20if%20you%20do%2C%20damned%20if%20you%20don%27t&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=fa...
- munmaek 7y agoCA had access to information they never should've had. Just like phone apps having access to a Contacts API that they never should have that kind of access to. Having a tightly managed API would be just fine.