Silly. The internet has plenty of potential for government abuse, but Facebook gives governments a single entity to talk to whose sole purpose is to centralize

Silly. The internet has plenty of potential for government abuse, but Facebook gives governments a single entity to talk to whose sole purpose is to centralize your personal information. If you're paranoid, the Internet at large can be pretty anonymous: proxies, encrypted communications, etc. It's just a communications network and you can make it nearly as secure as you want. It's a heck of a lot easier to be anonymous on the Internet than it is in the real world. Being anonymous on Facebook doesn't even compute, and any privacy options you select are at their discretion to provide and honor.