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"If you don't trust them, you wouldn't install this app. So... whats the issue?"

Other people will install it without thinking about the implications.

"Nobody will be harmed by this."

What definition of 'harm' are we using? Because they've already shown that given access to people's address books they cause trouble.

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It's interesting to consider if it's really your or my job to call on the government to "protect" other people that don't think about the implications. My answer would be sorry, but no.

Who said anything about the government??

The original post ends with this: "We need to ask our legislative representatives to understand that Facebook wants to go from our desktops and browsers right into our home-- the place where we need to be private."

LOL. I guess the 7 people who upvoted me didn't read to the end of the article either :)

I believe his point was that you don't trust them enough to install their normal app, so you wouldn't be expected to install Facebook Home.

However, someone who has already installed the normal app doesn't need much more trust to add Home as well.

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