Facebook’s Fluid “Truth”
by Miki SaxonThere’s an old saying that stuff comes in threes.
A couple of months ago I wrote Privacy Dies as Facebook Lies.
Today I read a new article regarding Facebook’s data-sharing policies with so-called “service providers,” AKA, hardware partners.
Facebook has reached data-sharing partnerships with at least 60 device makers — including Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung (…) to expand its reach and let device makers offer customers popular features of the social network, such as messaging, “like” buttons and address books. (…)
Some device partners can retrieve Facebook users’ relationship status, religion, political leaning and upcoming events, among other data. Tests by The Times showed that the partners requested and received data in the same way other third parties did.
Facebook’s view that the device makers are not outsiders lets the partners go even further, The Times found: They can obtain data about a user’s Facebook friends, even those who have denied Facebook permission to share information with any third parties. (…)
Last Friday KG sent me this image.
Considering the three together made me wonder.
Is Facebook a wolf or a pig?
Or both.
Image credit: Internet meme