Facebook ATTACKS Apple, for protecting their customer's data privacy... Thoughts?

[LivingAlmostLarge]

You know amazon sells the data more than facebook? And worse yet they screw all third party sellers with the DATA they collect? They see what is doing well then create the amazon "generic" line to compete with 3rd party sellers who are doing well and snatch the business away. So the literally data they are helping collect for 3rd party sellers they are using to increase and steal their business.

So anyone all up in arms about privacy? Well the biggest privacy is amazon yet how many people shop on there ALL the time for everything? They not only watch what you buy but how well the sellers are doing and then they go after the business. I know multiple people who work for them in many different roles who say this. But it's not obvious and because people live online shopping with amazon.

[surfius]

I gave up Facebook for a very long time because, for me, it is real torture. It seems to me that this particular social network has long been in the past, and it is worth forgetting about it. I always thought that older people were sitting there. If you haven't noticed, there are practically no media personalities there. This is already talking about something. In addition, Facebook is an extremely crude program, it does not evolve, and it is unlikely that it will ever happen again. So I have been spending all my time on Instagram for a long time, developing my page and gaining popularity and activity with famoid.com

[myrdale]

Anybody who is truly concerned about online privacy simply shouldn't be online.

On the surface, I want to say Facebook is evil. What you think is a place to post your thoughts, & vacation / kitten / children's photos is actually something more insidious. It is a site designed to suck you in, keep you engaged, collect as much detail as possible, and target you with ads.

But then again, Zuckerberg specifically stated "we are in the business of advertising". And to that end they are relentlessly efficient in their data collection.

I am still suspicious of the whole Facebook / Google / YouTube connection to our cell phones. That a private, off line, conversation seems to immediately result in adds or recommended videos seems more than coincidental sometimes.

I had a new coworker a couple of years ago who I took to a local museum one afternoon. We hung out together for a couple of hours. The next day Facebook recommended her as a friend. I've had the same thing occur with a guy at my gym. We've never spoken. I don't know anyone who knows him, but Facebook thinks we should be friends. Why is this? My best guess is because they are monitoring our location with the GPS on the phone.

Even without an on line presents you, if you have a cell phone you are potentially being tracked at all times. Hypothetically speaking, what happens when Facebook decides they no longer want to serve users who attend a political rally, for visit a church, or an adult book store? Even more so for Google when they decide the same thing about your Gmail account.

I do wonder what Orwell and Kafka would think about our future based on the present.

[james.hendrickson]

On the surface, I want to say Facebook is evil. What you think is a place to post your thoughts, & vacation / kitten / children's photos is actually something more insidious. It is a site designed to suck you in, keep you engaged, collect as much detail as possible, and target you with ads.

But then again, Zuckerberg specifically stated "we are in the business of advertising". And to that end they are relentlessly efficient in their data collection.

I am still suspicious of the whole Facebook / Google / YouTube connection to our cell phones. That a private, off line, conversation seems to immediately result in adds or recommended videos seems more than coincidental sometimes.

I had a new coworker a couple of years ago who I took to a local museum one afternoon. We hung out together for a couple of hours. The next day Facebook recommended her as a friend. I've had the same thing occur with a guy at my gym. We've never spoken. I don't know anyone who knows him, but Facebook thinks we should be friends. Why is this? My best guess is because they are monitoring our location with the GPS on the phone.

Even without an on line presents you, if you have a cell phone you are potentially being tracked at all times. Hypothetically speaking, what happens when Facebook decides they no longer want to serve users who attend a political rally, for visit a church, or an adult book store? Even more so for Google when they decide the same thing about your Gmail account.

I do wonder what Orwell and Kafka would think about our future based on the present.

Myrdale...I don't disgree, and its that kinda depressing? Can't talk about something happy?

[ua_guy]

On the surface, I want to say Facebook is evil. What you think is a place to post your thoughts, & vacation / kitten / children's photos is actually something more insidious. It is a site designed to suck you in, keep you engaged, collect as much detail as possible, and target you with ads.

But then again, Zuckerberg specifically stated "we are in the business of advertising". And to that end they are relentlessly efficient in their data collection.

I am still suspicious of the whole Facebook / Google / YouTube connection to our cell phones. That a private, off line, conversation seems to immediately result in adds or recommended videos seems more than coincidental sometimes.

I had a new coworker a couple of years ago who I took to a local museum one afternoon. We hung out together for a couple of hours. The next day Facebook recommended her as a friend. I've had the same thing occur with a guy at my gym. We've never spoken. I don't know anyone who knows him, but Facebook thinks we should be friends. Why is this? My best guess is because they are monitoring our location with the GPS on the phone.

Even without an on line presents you, if you have a cell phone you are potentially being tracked at all times. Hypothetically speaking, what happens when Facebook decides they no longer want to serve users who attend a political rally, for visit a church, or an adult book store? Even more so for Google when they decide the same thing about your Gmail account.

I do wonder what Orwell and Kafka would think about our future based on the present.

Yes.

Your phone listens to you. So does your Smart TV. Just the other day I was talking to my other half about riding lawn mowers. Within hours, I was receiving ads for riding lawn mowers in my news feed. It's real, it's a thing.

Youtube will recommend you things based to buy and watch based on your browsing history and videos that you watch.

Your browsing history is rarely private. Your internet traffic is barely private. Those things you search for when you don't think anyone else is looking....someone knows about them. All searches are logged.

Nobody is requiring you to use these services, or participate. Yes, Facebook is a business. You are the product. They sell you based on what you tell them, and what information they are able to gather about you.