As jmduke said, i feel it's pretty silly to compare Facebook to the NSA, when they operate in completely different contexts: the NSA doesn't ask for your permis

As jmduke said, i feel it's pretty silly to compare Facebook to the NSA, when they operate in completely different contexts: the NSA doesn't ask for your permission for the data, while you and your friends are giving Facebook the data. People are angry because the NSA is collecting data on us without consent. while i see the argument for "facebook is using the data in a way that we haven't given our consent for," i think it's a lot less severe issue because a) Facebook openly admits how it's using it, which makes the company honest (unlike the NSA) b) Ensures us that no human other than the ones you authorize will ever see said data. (unlike the NSA) we can be angry because the NSA abused our trust, while Facebook has yet to break it. it's also very tiring to hear people and see them live defensively and not use facebook or google in case they might break your trust, its starting to border paranoia.