Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA

Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by 37prime on Friday March 14, 2014 @04:12AM (#7397462)

“How dare the NSA spy on Facebook users. Their informations are property of Facebook."

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by simias on Friday March 14, 2014 @06:21AM (#7397830)

Facebook is opt-in.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by ta_fbp on Friday March 14, 2014 @09:28AM (#7398559)

Not really no. Facebook has been known for a while for building profiles of unregistered people and tracking them around. Then people you know offline who are on facebook will rat tons of information about you all the time. People are just submitting personal information without a second thought.

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard Zuck: Just ask. Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS [Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one? Zuck: People just submitted it. Zuck: I don't know why. Zuck: They "trust me" Zuck: Dumb fucks.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by simias on Friday March 14, 2014 @11:17AM (#7399297)

Fair enough, but then at least with plugins like "disconnect" & friends it's opt-out. We really shouldn't have to do that, I agree, but that's the state of the web in 2014.

I wonder if the NSA complies with the "DO NOT TRACK" header.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by DominikR on Friday March 14, 2014 @05:21AM (#7397644)

Who else should own the data if not Facebook?

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by dredmorbius on Friday March 14, 2014 @05:30AM (#7397679)

The users, and/or non-user individuals whose data it is.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by roymurdock on Friday March 14, 2014 @06:30AM (#7397854)

When you accept the terms of agreement, you trade your data for the privilege of accessing and using the site.

Information doesn't become data until it's recorded through the use of a website. If privacy is an urgent concern for you, then why use Facebook in the first place? It's basically a public forum where you share things, creating data.

It's ridiculous (at least in this day and age) to think that Facebook would provide such an extensive service for free. You're going to pay for it with your data.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by dredmorbius on Sunday March 16, 2014 @12:03AM (#7407759)

When you accept the terms of agreement

I'm not a Facebook user.

Whose user agreement governs the use of my data on Facebook?

Dittos for Google or other data aggregators who acquire data from elsewhere. And/or ignore the explicit stated preferences of users. And/or change the rules governing data use post-facto.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by samsolomon on Friday March 14, 2014 @06:39AM (#7397885)

Well, users are volunteering their information to Facebook. They aren't doing it for the government.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by dredmorbius on Sunday March 16, 2014 @12:04AM (#7407761)

users are volunteering their information to Facebook.

Not those whose data are shadow-profile generated, or is provided by others.

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