Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data
by manux on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @10:55AM
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True, but until these regulations exists, I'm not sure why we shouldn't hold Facebook accountable, at least morally -- and in the example you give, why we shouldn't hold browser extension providers accountable.
Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data
by Nextgrid on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:34AM
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Why should Facebook be accountable here instead of the party that acted maliciously? Facebook acted as a neutral carrier. Users told them to share their data with CA, and they did.
CA lied to both their users and even to Facebook itself (I think they breached FB API's terms and conditions), why should it be Facebook that's at fault?
In your argument, if a car is used in a robbery, should the car dealership or manufacturer be also at fault, even though the manufacturer had no idea this particular customer was going to use the car for malicious purposes?
Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data
by manux on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:16PM
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If a car has parts that are easily hacked/broken into, leading to injury to its user while the user "chose" to drive, shouldn't the manufacturer be at fault? This is what happened with CA and Facebook's API.
I'm not saying CA shouldn't be held accountable, I'm saying Facebook also has part of the blame.
Anyway, You are making an argument for regulations requiring disclosures, like in mortgages and nutrition labels, not an argument that Facebook is at fault for letting users interact with 3rd parties, which could have been a browser extension that scraped the same data that the FB API provides.