I’ve this comment written a lot here. And while I get it and even agree partially, there is a problem of scope and precedent.
It’s easy for us to say “stupid user, wtf did you think fb was doing?” But, the truth is we don’t actually know.
As tech people we are even just guessing at the real scope of FB’s collection and how they use that data. It’s not like this is something a typical user could really know because there hasn’t been a Facebook before.
And I didn't have to know because I never signed up for Facebook because it's obvious that centralization leads to perverse incentives. It's been obvious from the start but dismissed without consideration ala https://xkcd.com/743/
Yea, but as to the comic, man sometimes you really do just need to get some fucking work done. If I sent an openLibre document around to my company, well, that would be dumb.
That's reasonable. But it isn't reasonable to let your personal choices be dictated by where you work. I'm not saying use LibreOffice for work. I'm more saying that you shouldn't let your work define your opinions.
It’s easy for us to say “stupid user, wtf did you think fb was doing?” But, the truth is we don’t actually know.
As tech people we are even just guessing at the real scope of FB’s collection and how they use that data. It’s not like this is something a typical user could really know because there hasn’t been a Facebook before.