>Should large corporations be able to break the law because [...] No, because this is begging the question. The point being disputed is whether facebook offeri

>Should large corporations be able to break the law because [...] No, because this is begging the question. The point being disputed is whether facebook offering a SDK and analytics service counts as "intentionally eavesdropping". Anyone with a bit of understanding of how SDKs work should think it's not. If you told your menstrual secrets to a friend, and that friend then told me, that's not "eavesdropping" to any sane person, but that's essentially what the jury ruled here. I might be sympathetic if facebook was being convicted of "trafficking private information" or whatever, but if that's not a real crime, we shouldn't be using "intentionally eavesdropping" as a cudgel against it just because we hate it. That goes against the whole concept of rule of law.