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IIRC, Facebook got its start by scraping student data from university servers. If so, the belief that any data it can get its hands on is fair game pretty much
by Mountain_Skies 4y ago
IIRC, Facebook got its start by scraping student data from university servers. If so, the belief that any data it can get its hands on is fair game pretty much is the foundation of the company.
- beezlebroxxxxxx 4y agoZuckerberg and a lot of tech/SM CEOs have a strong "rules for thee, not for me" vibe when it comes to personal privacy. One day they'll claim "privacy is outdated" or "a matter of context" in relation to their business, and the next they'll spend fortunes to protect and insist on personal privacy for their family and themselves. One can only imagine that billions they make do a lot to paper over the ethical void at the heart of many of the businesses under their control.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoThey act like classic spies. Spies will eagerly take all data they can touch, but loath giving any data about themselves. Personally I think this superficial similarity reflects a more meaningful underlying truth: Facebook, and several of the others, are in fact a commercial branch of the US intelligence apparatus.
- pyuser583 4y agohttps://www.theonion.com/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-costs-1819594988 https://www.theonion.com/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-...
- annadane 4y agoYeah, but specifically Zuckerberg. He's never cared about other people
- lioeters 4y agoExactly why I consider Facebook to be a monstrously overgrown malware that was allowed to become a corporation.
- JohnFen 4y agoYes. Facebook was a skeezy company at the start, and has never stopped being so.