Facebook CEO “Doesn’t Believe in Privacy”
On April 28th, New York Times technology writer, Nick Bilton, tweeted: about Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg:
Off record chat w/ Facebook employee. Me: How does Zuck feel about privacy? Response: [laughter] He doesn’t believe in it.
Via Wired:
“Zuckerberg’s apparent disregard for your privacy is probably not reason enough to delete your Facebook account. But we wouldn’t recommend posting anything there that you wouldn’t want marketers, legal authorities, governments (or your mother) to see, especially as Facebook continues to push more and more of users’ information public and even into the hands of other companies, leaving the onus on users to figure out its Rubik’s Cube-esque privacy controls.”
And:
Zuckerberg defended the change — largely intended to keep up with the publicness of Twitter, saying that people’s notions of privacy were changing.
Though the average user has no idea how Facebook is using their data or what it means.
Where will your data end up?
Then last week at its f8 conference, Facebook announced it was sending user profile information in bulk to companies like Yelp, Pandora and Microsoft.
Full article at Wired.
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- Facebook Privacy Timeline from EFF
- YourOpenBook.org Demonstrates Facebook’s Privacy Problems
Well, that’s how much Zuckerberg knows about the Federal laws on privacy. He should have gone to law school. Most over-inflated egos end up finding out when the Feds dismantle the company over some crazy shakedown involving monopolies or taxes. He’ll get his, eventually.
Comment by Shar Hodges — September 28, 2010 @ 1:53 pm