genew@telus.net
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:08:06 -0700
[Not that this is a surprise, but.]
Zack Whittaker for Zero Day, 10 Apr 2018
Opinion: Facebook's way of showing how little it cares about its users'
privacy is by doing something only when it gets caught.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-two-tier-privacy-one-rule-for-zuckerberg/
Facebook just can't catch a break -- not that many think it should.
BuzzFeed described it best: Facebook has a "two-tier privacy system" that favors its leaders and executives.
The rest of us can, in other words, go to hell.
What's clear is that there's a trend of Facebook and its executives distancing themselves from facing up to their users and taking responsibility for their mistakes. Facebook isn't even trying to get ahead of the story -- or stories, as the scandal keeps getting bigger -- and only acts when it's caught with its hand in the cookie jar. And, even then, the company is only slapping a Band-Aid on to save face amid pressure from governments and shareholders -- the only two things that Facebook is vulnerable to.
What better way to show how little the company cares about its users' privacy than by acting only when it gets caught.