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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by pdonis on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:14PM (#19744097)
> if someone treads dog poo into my house on their shoes, it doesn't really matter if they did it by mistake, or spent ages walking around town trying to find some dog poo to step in before coming to my house; the effect is that there is now dog poo on my carpet

Yes, but if someone treads dog poo into your house every day for a year, their repeated claims that it was a mistake every time are not going to carry as much weight. With FB we're not talking about a single incident of treading dog poo; we're talking about a repeated pattern of getting dog poo all over the place.

Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by marmaduke on Thursday April 25, 2019 @06:15AM (#19746601)
> a repeated pattern of getting dog poo all over the place

a woeful understatement, in my opinion; more like bulldozing manure into you and your neighbor's house.