Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens, not 5%

Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by r00fus on Friday March 01, 2019 @02:28PM (#19284413)

users or victims?

How can a teen be held culpable for understanding their choice? This is a clear case of predation.

So so glad Apple kicked them out of the iOS App Store and revoked their cert.

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by atpanelmelt on Friday March 01, 2019 @03:11PM (#19284799)

Semantics are important here. 'User' connotes more agency than can be expected. I find that 'subject' is more appropriate than 'victim' but we should agree that 'user' is the wrong word. The media can do better, and these companies have to do better.

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by dang on Friday March 01, 2019 @04:43PM (#19285571)

Would you please stop breaking the site guidelines?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by scarejunba on Friday March 01, 2019 @05:27PM (#19285953)

Yup, sorry, I let it get away from me.

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Re:Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens,... by gdulli on Friday March 01, 2019 @02:49PM (#19284596)

Where children are involved, acting "paternal" is appropriate and using that term in a derogatory manner doesn't make sense. A kid's entire browsing history could end up compromised on a Facebook server and go public and affect them for life. Even most adults don't fully understand that risk.

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