Surely it's possible that Facebook can be both a gift to advertisers and a useful tool for those looking to observe social networks and monitor communications a

Surely it's possible that Facebook can be both a gift to advertisers and a useful tool for those looking to observe social networks and monitor communications as a third party (e.g., three letter agencies, or any adversarial party at all)? Painting it as an "if anything" sort of scenario is forgoing the middle ground between complete skepticism and naive trust where the truth (and best course of action) probably lies.