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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:28PM (#16853934)
> I was mainly advising that you block Facebook since you so vehemently dislike them

Yours is a technical solution to a human problem. If we care about democracy and the future of the Internet, we will dismantle Facebook. (I expect we will, though in typical democratic fashion, after years of quibbling.)

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Re:What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebo... by StanislavPetrov on Monday April 16, 2018 @10:09PM (#16854855)
> a human problem.

That's the very crux of the whole "debate" over everything from Facebook to "Russiagate". The bottom line is, you can't fix stupid. We have a very serious problem with stupidity and ignorance in this country. Far too many people lack basic critical thinking skills. You can't childproof society because far too many people are easy to fool. This "problem" won't be fixed until we have a critical mass of people who can think for themselves, be skeptical and aware.

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