It keeps getting better. Funny how the closer we look, the more dirt (and vermin) we find under the Facebook rock:
“It’s interesting to note that none of the apps examined asked for user permission before starting to track individuals.”
A GooglePlay store review found that over 40% of the most popular Android apps are surreptitiously back-channeling to the Facebook “Audience Network.”
The cocksuckers need to be properly dealt with in court – every single one of them, starting with the Z-boy himself. That little bastard has been attempting to deflect responsibility at every turn, feigning a lack of “deeper technical knowledge” about the issue in his own company. Today he declined a formal invitation to speak to the UK Parliament. Sorry dude, but if that is the case you shouldn’t be running it. Facebook is like a gallon of milk that’s been sitting in the fridge too long. There’s bad stuff going on in there, and the country had a big gulp during the most recent national election. It’s just one of those things that seemed great upfront, but turned out to be a really bad idea because nitwit college kids did not think it all the way through. And when the problems started cropping up YEARS ago they basically ignored it, favoring bigger piles of money instead. Dump it. Full story here.
“Facebook: Yeah, Maybe Now Isn’t the Best Time to Launch Our New Speaker Designed to Spy on You.”
“A lot of people don’t actually believe that Facebook feels bad that user data fell into the wrong hands. They just believe that Facebook feels bad it got caught.”
The bottom line insidious truth in all this is they always knew exactly what they were doing, and continued doing it with impunity for years until they got caught. This is the fundamental issue: the business model is paradoxically flawed. The more people crank up the privacy, the less revenue from targeted advertising and data analysis – in whatever form that takes, legal or not. It just doesn’t work in favor of the people they claim to support.
Don’t Just Delete Facebook – Delete Well.
