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Re:Facebook collects a wide range of private data from devel... by pdkl95 on Friday February 22, 2019 @06:20PM (#19230108)
> Facebook doesn't want these companies sending users' personal data to them without their knowledge

Facebook's claim about not wanting the data is contradicted by actions. They chose to make their SDK send[1] analytics signals on library init before the user could have even been presented with a request for consent. They chose to have their analytics SDK send[2] everything to Facebook by default, requiring developers to go out of their way to disable the spyware (including somehow discovering that this step is needed).

> Now if Facebook were to use this data for their own purposes,

What would Bayesian analysis say about that question given a history with multiple events where FB et al were using the all of data they received however they want? Facebook lost the benefit of the doubt a long time ago, and it will take a lot of work to rebuild their reputation.

[1] https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9941-how_facebook_tracks_you_on_...

[2] Ibid.

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Re:Facebook collects a wide range of private data from devel... by edmundsauto on Friday February 22, 2019 @07:38PM (#19230643)
A Bayesian analysis would have to include all the decisions where FB was a good steward of user data. The events reported in the news are a very small fraction of the possible times that FB could have done wrong.

Not that I'm defending FB, but your attempt to lend credence to your statement with a smart sounding approach was undercut by selecting a superficial and biased prior.

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