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Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Re: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Post by scottmf »

1337biz wrote: post #7
malikNF wrote: post #3

What's utterly horrifying about this whole thing is how the media is acting as if this is some sort of surprise. Like what did you think was happening at a company collecting data about billions of people? Especially at a company that has a CEO who is famous for calling its own users dumb fu * * s? A company that experimented on at risk teens. Like come on. --edit--- Or lordy, didn't expect this comment to blow up th…

Fascinating to watch - it shows how much power media has to put a topic on the global agenda if it fits into their preferred narrative.

Let me guess. It’s a globalist media conspiracy to take down Trump?

Re: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Post by jjoonathan »

malikNF wrote: post #3

What's utterly horrifying about this whole thing is how the media is acting as if this is some sort of surprise. Like what did you think was happening at a company collecting data about billions of people? Especially at a company that has a CEO who is famous for calling its own users dumb fu * * s? A company that experimented on at risk teens. Like come on. --edit--- Or lordy, didn't expect this comment to blow up th…

A lack of novelty is no reason to be dismissive.

Re: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Post by tmalsburg2 »

malikNF wrote: post #3

What's utterly horrifying about this whole thing is how the media is acting as if this is some sort of surprise. Like what did you think was happening at a company collecting data about billions of people? Especially at a company that has a CEO who is famous for calling its own users dumb fu * * s? A company that experimented on at risk teens. Like come on. --edit--- Or lordy, didn't expect this comment to blow up th…

As a matter of fact, this is news and surprising for most users of Facebook even if it's not for you. By saying that no one should be surprised, are you not taking the same condescending attitude that you're pointing out in Zuckerberg?

Re: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Post by freyir »

malikNF wrote: post #3

What's utterly horrifying about this whole thing is how the media is acting as if this is some sort of surprise. Like what did you think was happening at a company collecting data about billions of people? Especially at a company that has a CEO who is famous for calling its own users dumb fu * * s? A company that experimented on at risk teens. Like come on. --edit--- Or lordy, didn't expect this comment to blow up th…

Just so the quote [2004] isn't out of context:

Zuckerberg: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Friend]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuckerberg: People just submitted it.

Zuckerberg: I don't know why.

Zuckerberg: They "trust me"

Zuckerberg: Dumb fucks

Re: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Post by IAmEveryone »

malikNF wrote: post #3

What's utterly horrifying about this whole thing is how the media is acting as if this is some sort of surprise. Like what did you think was happening at a company collecting data about billions of people? Especially at a company that has a CEO who is famous for calling its own users dumb fu * * s? A company that experimented on at risk teens. Like come on. --edit--- Or lordy, didn't expect this comment to blow up th…

“The media” has always been sceptical of Facebook, and I’d love to see examples of them “acting surprised”. In fact I would guess your scepticism was always informed mostly by what you and those you socialize with read in “the media”. The current scandal’s staying power in the news is similarly based on journalists’ pent-up suspicions finally finding a vehicle to be expressed in public.

These stories are newsworthy because they represent the break from generalized scepticism to specific examples of harm. If the New York Times had waged a nebulous campaign against Facebook without clear evidence it would have rightly been accused of getting ahead of the facts.

Re: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Post by arkh »

How the fuck could people be surprised?

Open a software job board. 50% of offers are by companies trying to optimize some data harvesting and analysis to better target some ads.

Ads, the direct child of propaganda. So to everyone working in those kind of companies: you're not better ethically than people working on missile software. I'd say you're worse because you can argue missiles can be used as deterrent.

Re: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Post by tmalsburg2 »

It's important to realize that Facebook's lax attitude to data harvesting was most likely one key to their success. If they had closely guarded user data, there would soon have been stiff competition, but this way everyone could benefit from Facebook's data treasure trove and Facebook's success was in many other companies best interest. The current state of affairs should therefore be seen not as the result of negligence but a desired outcome of Facebook's core business strategy.

Re: Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine

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Post by jimmy1 »

scottmf wrote: post #11
1337biz wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fascinating to watch - it shows how much power media has to put a topic on the global agenda if it fits into their preferred narrative.

Let me guess. It’s a globalist media conspiracy to take down Trump?

No but in the grand scheme of things, things like the Yemen Civil War that has been ongoing since 2015 has gotten less attention in our media than a single Donald Trump tweet.

For lack of a better word: sad!

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