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Comment by panarky | Hacker News Reader

> that was a big mistake

Zeynep Tufecki does a good takedown of Facebook's "14-Year Apology Tour" [0].

It's a long-term, calculated, deliberate strategy to methodically abuse privacy with disastrous consequences, then when caught dead-to-rights, say "oops, sorry, made a mistake, we'll fix it".

This game worked amazingly well for 14 years, will people fall for it again this time?

[0] https://www.wired.com/story/why-zuckerberg-15-year-apology-t...

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> "I hope you understand, this is not how I meant for things to go, and I apologize for any harm done as a result of my neglect to consider how quickly the site would spread and its consequences thereafter,” wrote a young Mark Zuckerberg. “I definitely see how my intentions could be seen in the wrong light.”

More like the Non-Apology Tour.

Here is a humorous and accurate blog post about testimony:

http://neverusefb.blogspot.com/2018/04/accurate-reponse-to-f...

The very idea that Facebook didn't know how their product was being used an that they did not intentionally leave those data policies in place so that companies could take advantage of them is beyond the pale. This is a premier data collection firm whose product is their users. They would have us believe that Facebook is completely incompetent regards to which data is being used extracted or available, or this apology is tantamount to a big fat lie.

I love that the URL says "15 years"

Apparently Wired's editors take care to fix even small errors of fact.

Future proof :)

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