Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
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Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#2Watch how they say it was an error, if this blows up. Just watch.
Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#3Guys, you suspended the wrong account.
Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#4The arrogance of Facebook's response to this breach, quibbling over what to call it and now this, is mind-blowing. Their "it wasn't a robbery because we left the front door open" excuse may finally bring about trans-Atlantic regulation of social media.
Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#5Why are people calling this a data breach? As I understand it, CA just scraped the data from users who authorized their app to do so. Am I missing something here?
Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#6The arrogance of Facebook's response to this breach, quibbling over what to call it and now this, is mind-blowing. Their "it wasn't a robbery because we left the front door open" excuse may finally bring about trans-Atlantic regulation of social media.
>The arrogance of Facebook's response to this breach
Is it even clear that there was a 'breach' of any kind that Facebook was responsible for? Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it seems like the chain of events is:
1.) Third party (Aleksandr Kogan) creates 'personality quiz' app, Facebook users opt-in to share information from their profile
2.) Aleksandr Kogan hands off data gathered by the app to Cambridge Analytica, violating Facebook TOS
3.) Whistleblower (Christopher Wylie) lets world know that (2) happened
4.) Media / public gets out pitchforks and blames incident on Facebook
It really seems like Aleksandr Kogan, not Facebook, is the problem here.
Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#7This is arguably correct. While it may be more pragmatic to practice lenience with wistleblowers, there is no moral principle to shield them from all consequences of their actions.
This guy was not just an observer of unethical practices. He was the technical lead for this behavior.
Whistleblower protections usually shield you from retribution by your employer. What people argue for when they criticize Facebook over this is more akin to immunity.
Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#8Why are people calling this a data breach? As I understand it, CA just scraped the data from users who authorized their app to do so. Am I missing something here?
Your're missing a key detail (the data was collected by a third party, which then handed the data off to CA against Facebook TOS), but I agree, this doesn't seem to be a 'breach' so much as abuse of personal data by a developer.
Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#9The arrogance of Facebook's response to this breach, quibbling over what to call it and now this, is mind-blowing. Their "it wasn't a robbery because we left the front door open" excuse may finally bring about trans-Atlantic regulation of social media.
>The arrogance of Facebook's response to this breach Is it even clear that there was a 'breach' of any kind that Facebook was responsible for? Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it seems like the chain of events is: 1.) Third party (Aleksandr Kogan) creates 'personality quiz' app, Facebook users opt-in to share information from their profile 2.) Aleksandr Kogan hands off data gathered by the app to Cambridge Analytica…
The app was allowed to scrape friend data as well, meaning that many more people’s information got exposed. That is on facebook.
Re: Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
#10The arrogance of Facebook's response to this breach, quibbling over what to call it and now this, is mind-blowing. Their "it wasn't a robbery because we left the front door open" excuse may finally bring about trans-Atlantic regulation of social media.
>The arrogance of Facebook's response to this breach Is it even clear that there was a 'breach' of any kind that Facebook was responsible for? Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it seems like the chain of events is: 1.) Third party (Aleksandr Kogan) creates 'personality quiz' app, Facebook users opt-in to share information from their profile 2.) Aleksandr Kogan hands off data gathered by the app to Cambridge Analytica…
> It really seems like Aleksandr Kogan, not Facebook, is the problem here
Kogan probably breached the terms he agreed to with Facebook. But fifty million people trusted Facebook with their data and, when asked in their privacy settings, said they didn't want it shared with third parties. That information was then shared with third parties.
If someone calls my bank and convinces customer service they are me, it would be reasonable to say the bank was breached. Not electronically. But breached nonetheless.