Seems like Facebook is completely unaware of how the public perceives their disrespect for user privacy.
If I was a competitor the first thing I'd do right now is to make a way to migrate users' data from Moves to my app.
If I was a competitor the first thing I'd do right now is to make a way to migrate users' data from Moves to my app.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/facebook-we-will-make-our-p...
These "oh crap I have to move my stuff, Facebook owns it" reactions baffle me. I can understand a desire for privacy, but using an online service by definition means you're at risk.
Hosting your own services on your own computers and communicating with open distributed protocols would be the most private way to go, though the problem with that is there's basically no money in building a social media system that works that way, so many attempts (Atompub/Atom, XMPP) have mostly remained niches.
Because that threat is likely, they try to purchase those when they appear.
My take remains that public intervention should be considered. There is no legal framework for that for the moment — therefore Facebook lawyers don’t see the issue; if there were, their lobbyists would be all over it.
History has shown that laws may target unpopular groups who have done nothing wrong, and well meaning governments can force well meaning companies to divulge information relevant to unjust laws.