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I wonder what the consequences would be if after a few years Facebook just decided to disable E2E encryption and all those privacy features, and started collecting and using all that data for advertising purposes contrary to what they're claiming now?

Another $5 billion fine? $10 billion? $100 billion? If enough people buy it, it could still be a profitable endeavor.

Although I'm sure we can trust Facebook not to do that. They certainly deserve it /s

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Just wait until they turn all photos public even ones deleted in the past.

It is in their terms if they choose.

It was a programming mistake. Only a few accounts were affected. Inadvertently. Only 300 000 users affected. We're committed to privacy as always and in the coming year well take steps to make sure this never happens again. Our estimations were incomplete and a tad off, 270 million accounts affected, possibly more. Our users are at the center of all we do and will do everything in or power to protect their data.

“Only 300,000”

You’re minimizing exposing information of enough people to populate most of Cincinnati, Ohio (301k)?

Casting that as “only 300,000” is sickening.

Pretty sure they were joking

Keep reading.

Its only Cincinnati...

It's a joke and also Facebook's press releases almost verbatim :)

> [we] will do everything in or power to protect their data.

Cambridge Analytica and other recent events show this statement to be meaningless. Facebook could have done a lot more to protect customer data but chose not to.

Whoosh

Poe's law is strong with this post.

I’d this a joke lacking /s, or a genuine post?

I had trouble telling from the first sentence or so, but after reading to the end I’m pretty confident it’s a sarcastic take on a (hypothetical?) press release.

It certainly reads just like one.

Yeah, it's a joke and also Facebook's press releases almost verbatim :)

That's pretty impressive. Only 300 000 users affected & still promising to do better next year!

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