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While I get why they are doing this, there is a certain amount of irony here. Facebook fighting to prevent the collection of users data. It made me laugh a lit

by xupybd 6y ago

While I get why they are doing this, there is a certain amount of irony here. Facebook fighting to prevent the collection of users data. It made me laugh a little

itslennysfault 6y ago
Agreed. EXTRA funny since facebook was originally entirely powered by data scraped from harvard student directory.
- echelon 6y ago
  Break the rules until you're big enough to make them. Obviously this doesn't prevent you from breaking other rules. Actually, once you make it into the big leagues, you can now afford to break more rules than ever before.
- asiando 6y ago
  Everyone trying to be funny here except that you’re all missing the point. That data was public in the first place. These extensions can scrape anything, including your messages.
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  - warent 6y ago
    If that's true then there should be precedence here with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn I think, right?
- johannes1234321 6y ago
  Also in early times they gave quite open access to the data via API, so that everybody ties to them and everybody uploads data. Once they were big they reduced the APIs and monopolized the data they collected. (Not giving broad access via API is a good thing, see discussions around Cambridge Analytica and others)
- tomaszs 6y ago
  Even more funny since fb also scraped data from email accounts by misleading to obtain logins and passwords and spammed people.
paxys 6y ago
Facebook is not suing them for stealing users' data, they are suing them for stealing THEIR data.
isatty 6y ago
Well, _they_ want your data and they want to sell it for profit or make use of it in a profitable venture I imagine. They don't want anyone else getting it for free.
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tomc1985 6y ago
Like a mob boss sending goon squads to defend their turf
HeyZuess 6y ago
> demanding that they delete all Facebook data in their possession I know "Facebook data" is not quoted, but I gather that is the way they feel about it, they aren't protecting the user and the user's data, they are protecting themselves and their data!

by xupybd 6y ago

While I get why they are doing this, there is a certain amount of irony here. Facebook fighting to prevent the collection of users data. It made me laugh a little

itslennysfault 6y ago

Agreed. EXTRA funny since facebook was originally entirely powered by data scraped from harvard student directory.

echelon 6y ago
Break the rules until you're big enough to make them. Obviously this doesn't prevent you from breaking other rules. Actually, once you make it into the big leagues, you can now afford to break more rules than ever before.
asiando 6y ago
Everyone trying to be funny here except that you’re all missing the point. That data was public in the first place. These extensions can scrape anything, including your messages.
- deleted 6y ago
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- warent 6y ago
  If that's true then there should be precedence here with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn I think, right?
johannes1234321 6y ago
Also in early times they gave quite open access to the data via API, so that everybody ties to them and everybody uploads data. Once they were big they reduced the APIs and monopolized the data they collected. (Not giving broad access via API is a good thing, see discussions around Cambridge Analytica and others)
tomaszs 6y ago
Even more funny since fb also scraped data from email accounts by misleading to obtain logins and passwords and spammed people.

paxys 6y ago

Facebook is not suing them for stealing users' data, they are suing them for stealing THEIR data.

isatty 6y ago

Well, _they_ want your data and they want to sell it for profit or make use of it in a profitable venture I imagine. They don't want anyone else getting it for free.

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tomc1985 6y ago

Like a mob boss sending goon squads to defend their turf

HeyZuess 6y ago

> demanding that they delete all Facebook data in their possession I know "Facebook data" is not quoted, but I gather that is the way they feel about it, they aren't protecting the user and the user's data, they are protecting themselves and their data!