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Nicely juxtapositioned with the Independent's ad for their Facebook Bitcoin group. Facebook groups really are the antithesis of the Internet, being closed and unindexable.

Anyway perhaps these no-decline 'permission' screens will cause a few people to reconsider their presence on Facebook. After all the company's Chief Privacy Officer endorses it! “People can choose to not be on Facebook if they want"

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perhaps these no-decline 'permission' screens will cause a few people to reconsider their presence on Facebook

Yes, but not more than a few. Privacy is not a big concern for most.

“People can choose to not be on Facebook if they want"

I made my choice a number of years ago.

"Chief Privacy Officer" at a company that wouldn't exist were real privacy to be present in their products.

Heh, funny. Unfortunately also nonsense. A CFO also exists and not because a company doesn't handle finances responsibly. Or a CEO implies no engineering?

I think you misread. The implication was that Facebook would not exist with real privacy in the product, not the role of CPO within Facebook.

Doh. You are right. Apologies for the snark.

Yes, this is correct. Thanks for clarifying.

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