Re:Ask HN: Current and former FB employees, what's the other...
by untog on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @04:04PM
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> Why are you setting the bar higher for Facebook?
The difference is this:
> there is no realistic way for Apple or Google to know.
There was a way for Facebook to know. The tool was using their own API, so they knew exactly what was being fetched and how often.
I'm also not sure why it matters. Let's say Apple and Google are just as bad, I don't particularly care. It doesn't make what Facebook did any less worthy of scrutiny.
The difference is this:
> there is no realistic way for Apple or Google to know.
There was a way for Facebook to know. The tool was using their own API, so they knew exactly what was being fetched and how often.
I'm also not sure why it matters. Let's say Apple and Google are just as bad, I don't particularly care. It doesn't make what Facebook did any less worthy of scrutiny.