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The attitude that this company (and many others) has towards the data they collect from billions of people is stunning. They claim that there was nothing they c
by ch33zer 5y ago
The attitude that this company (and many others) has towards the data they collect from billions of people is stunning. They claim that there was nothing they could do, even when one of their tools was misused to gather phone numbers. They don't take accountability for the fact that this likely already has and will continue to enable spammers and scammers to much more easily target their users. They refuse to send out notifications to affected users (which they should have done 2 years ago). We need legislation punishing companies for being negligent with the sensitive user data they collect or this shit is never going to end.
- tmpz22 5y agoData they collect by abusing android and other permission systems, reading contacts in adjacent apps like WhatsApp, etc. Its gluttony that they are now pretending is a moral high ground.
- shoeshoeshoey 5y agoI can only speculate but what I think we are seeing here is a statement made in earnest by a corporate communication team, crafted with significant input from a product team. To admit that this was an intrusion would be severely career limiting. So they explain it in a hand-wavy fashion, enough to get the Comms people off their back. The end result is this unsatisfying explanation. Just speculation. There has to be a method to the madness that is Facebook press releases.
- oferzelig 5y agoSame for the 'Sorry' word that is missing as I commented as well. Any admission by Facebook can and will act against them in the [highly likely] class action that will be executed. I'm sure their legal department checked every letter in this statement with a x100 magnifier.