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A legitimate question I’ve always had when we read such announcements is how can we be certain they’re actually doing whatever they’re claiming / planning to do
by antegamisou 5y ago
A legitimate question I’ve always had when we read such announcements is how can we be certain they’re actually doing whatever they’re claiming / planning to do. Unlike software /OS modifications, it’s not feasible to somehow reverse engineer FB’s backend and find out if anything unusual is happening. At least without any attempt of compromising it.
Considering how powerful these orgs are, with low probability of facing any legal repercussions about potentially false claims, do we have any other option than to take their word for it?
- LadyCailin 5y agoThe same way that you verify that the local chicken plant is properly following contamination prevention procedures. You don’t, at least not personally. We as a society rely on government based regulations and knowledgeable inspectors to verify these things. I’d say software should be no different in these regards. (Though that isn’t currently the case.)
- SavantIdiot 5y agoReminds me of the drone photographers that were flying over pig farms in the south that were egregiously breaking laws. Instead of fixing the pig farms, they went after the photographers.
- datavirtue 5y agoAuthoritarian dysfunction. Killing the messenger.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoNowadays there's enough dissent inside FB itself (according to news articles), that if they lied about this, someone from the inside will probably leak/whistleblow about it...
- f7f8rurjfi 5y agoWhat's it like being able to hold 2k karma despite being racist?