Facebook Can't Identify All Data Abuse

Mark Zuckerberg has come out and said that Facebook is going to have auditors review thousands of apps and believe this will help to deter bad actors, but it won't be able to figure out where user data is (Site detects ad blockers) or how it's being used. I don't know about anybody else, but I'm so glad I never touched his cancerous platform and I never will. Stop giving these people your data.

“Like any security precaution, it’s not that this is a bulletproof solve,” Mr. Zuckerberg said. “It’s not that any process by itself is ever going to find every single thing,” but it will be a strong deterrent to stop developers who are “doing bad things” and help Facebook track down what users’ data was mishandled, he added.

I have an idea:
a. wtf do all of your apps require access to EVERYTHING all the time...
b. you shouldn't allow this by default... literally all apps are harvesting data
c. dont bs us
d. make it so only limited details are accessible. every app you host doesnt need my kid's pics, my personal details, everyone in my families' , all of their families/friends etc.

its a joke.

oROEchimaru said:

I have an idea:
a. wtf do all of your apps require access to EVERYTHING all the time...
b. you shouldn't allow this by default... literally all apps are harvesting data
c. dont bs us
d. make it so only limited details are accessible. every app you host doesnt need my kid's pics, my personal details, everyone in my families' , all of their families/friends etc.

its a joke.

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But then how will they know how proud I am of my liquor bottle collection? Or connect me with my long lost brother, Steve?

one thing about all this that is making me chuckle, HARD, is seeing news posts on how to see what data FB has on you.. or how to delete your account


hahaha


once the next new OMG!!! story hits.. all this will be forgotten by the masses, as usual.

These toxic social media sites need to die in a fire.

I did the cancelling my account. Followed all directions. At the time I read that they would keep it all for 6 months in case I changed my mind, then permanently delete my info. Was warned I would have to start from scratch if I wanted to join later. I use a password manager so the rest of the story is. Many yrs later 4 or 5, I was linked to face book by another page for a news story. My password manager automatically logged me in, it happened so fast I didn't even know I was reading a linked article on FB. It only took about a minute and FB had put myprofile back together again with all the yrs of missed connections etc etc. Even the junk emails were filling up again in my favourite junk email address. I now know that once your on that info is there for life. My only mistake was not realizing that FB is so connected with many websites through links of stories, not just their pretty little blue icon. Its so tough to get through to some family and friends that Facebook is a thief of info.

Not surprised. When the company business model is doing exactly the bad stuff they claim to be looking for, hard to differentiate FB privacy raping from third party privacy raping. Google is just as bad. They could mandate users have totally granular app privacy settings in all apps offered through Google store but privacy raping is Google's business model as well.

Rule of thumb:

If you use a free service/product, it usually means that you're the service/product to them.

Sonicks said:

Rule of thumb:

If you use a free service/product, it usually means that you're the service/product to them.

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But they are not usually free in the average consumers mind. They paid for a handset that happens to have android / ios on with their SMS and phone calls. they pay for a monthly contract for such services, they pay for apps etc... most probably don't take into consideration the cost of running servers and services but they probably think their hefty monthly payments kind of cover that. There is a disconnect when you have all your info mined and all you did was install a torch app.

im struggling not to think that this whole 'smart' thing wasn't mostly a con from the start.But it's not going away any time soon if ever.

[insert get off my lawn meme]

Facebook may be approaching the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit of bad press and users simply growing bored of the platform. A rapid implosion could be imminent.