Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything It Really Knows About Them

Re:Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything It Really Knows Ab... by api on Thursday December 29, 2016 @10:10PM (#13282217)

Surveillance could indeed have many beneficial uses in a benevolent, voluntarist sort of society. Unfortunately we don't live there. The world is still largely run by warlords, narcissists, and sociopaths.

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Re:Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything It Really Knows Ab... by closeparen on Friday December 30, 2016 @03:06AM (#13283207)

The "standard" counterargument here is that warlords, narcissists, and sociopaths can only operate effectively in private, and their capabilities would be severely limited in a world where secrets are hard to keep.

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Re:Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything It Really Knows Ab... by playeren on Friday December 30, 2016 @04:21AM (#13283434)

I understand you don't necessarily buy into that argument, but allow me to offer a counter-counter.

That argument relies on the collected data being closer to the truth, than the absence of it. I think that may be true for (statistically) normal people. But for narcissists and sociopaths, it may also be a helpful tool for someone creating a fake alter ego of benevolence and 'harmlessness'.

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Re:Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything It Really Knows Ab... by scalio on Friday December 30, 2016 @04:09PM (#13287471)

Why would the warlords, narcissists and sociopaths get rid of their own privacy? Zuckerberg seems very keen on preserving his...

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