This is similar to McDonalds wanting to help fight obesity by adding a salad to the menu.
Mark Zuckerberg has exactly zero credibility at this point.
A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking
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#42The man needs to hire a copy editor. My girlfriend would have that down to 70% of its current length on the first pass.
This was my thought too, it sounds like something written for Wikipedia Simple English.
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#43This is all well and good but where's the apology? Where's the I was wrong? Like it or not, Zuckerberg has a personal brand that screams I'll screw you over if it'll get me to my goals. Nobody is going to trust him, or Facebook, until he rehabilitates himself, and this doesn't cut it.
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#44Smart strategy for keeping the majority of their user base happy. Think it will work and they will continue to grow. (Regardless of how the HNews bubble feels about it)
I feel like we've come a long way in educating the general public about the importance of data privacy but reading some of the comments on this Facebook post made me realize there's still quite a lot of work to be done.
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#45My favourite bit: "As we build our infrastructure around the world, we've chosen not to build data centers in countries that have a track record of violating human rights like privacy or freedom of expression."
Facebook is literally built on violating user privacy.
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#46Could some kind soul with enough genuine interest slog through this monster and post a few-sentence summary?
I read the entire thing and it's honestly not worth summarizing. There's nothing of substance, just a lot of empty platitudes. He describes a lot of generic privacy protections (limiting metadata collection, reducing data permanence, secure data storage) but says nothing as to how or when Facebook will ever implement them.
It basically boils down to a promise that Facebook will "think about privacy" at some unspecified future date.
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#47The entire idea of a privacy-focussed social network seems oxymoronic. I agree there are practical improvements to be made to social networking to address the unintended or unpredicted consequences of data sharing (including regulation). But calling the social network itself 'privacy focussed' sets the wrong impression. Better inform users about what is happening to their data, but don't sell your product as private when it isn't.
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#48The DNA of Facebook does not support marks vision of close communities and private communication. Kodak made one of the first digital cameras, but it was, at is core, an analog company. Facebook, at its core, is a company that vacuums data to sell back to advertisers. Targeted ads in a private chat will never feel private, no matter how loud they scream that it is.
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#49Let's say Facebook actually pulls this off. They deliver a privacy-focused social media platform. It's used by billions of people, daily. How do they make money off it? If everything is encrypted, they cannot have targeted ads. They can't read the data to push ads for different demographics. Personally, I think a (more) private social network is a great idea. But I don't see how Facebook's financial incentives align…
There's a good chance this is where the interoperability comes into play. They might not be able to track direct communications but people will still interact with public content on places such as Instagram. As soon as accounts are linked they'll be able to advertise in places such as WhatsApp based on likes in Instagram.
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#50>"I believe the future of communication will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services where people can be confident what they say to each other stays secure and their messages and content won't stick around forever. This is the future I hope we will help bring about.
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Yes that will be the future and it won't be on FB. You are helping bring it about alright but mostly as a reaction to your awful policies and practices.
>"I understand that many people don't think Facebook can or would even want to build this kind of privacy-focused platform -- because frankly we don't currently have a strong reputation for building privacy protective services, and we've historically focused on tools for more open sharing."
That's only partially why people think that Mark. Let's not leave out your outright lies and omissions in front of Congress last year along with your other public denials. You don't have a good or credible reputation period.
>"I believe we should be working towards a world where people can speak privately and live freely knowing that their information will only be seen by who they want to see it."
And FB, advertisers and whomever else who ponies up some cash are assumed to always be included in that group as well. And this is exactly why nobody buys a word of your bullshit.