>The arrogance of Facebook's response to this breach
Is it even clear that there was a 'breach' of any kind that Facebook was responsible for? Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it seems like the chain of events is:
1.) Third party (Aleksandr Kogan) creates 'personality quiz' app, Facebook users opt-in to share information from their profile
2.) Aleksandr Kogan hands off data gathered by the app to Cambridge Analytica, violating Facebook TOS
3.) Whistleblower (Christopher Wylie) lets world know that (2) happened
4.) Media / public gets out pitchforks and blames incident on Facebook
It really seems like Aleksandr Kogan, not Facebook, is the problem here.
Is it even clear that there was a 'breach' of any kind that Facebook was responsible for? Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it seems like the chain of events is:
1.) Third party (Aleksandr Kogan) creates 'personality quiz' app, Facebook users opt-in to share information from their profile
2.) Aleksandr Kogan hands off data gathered by the app to Cambridge Analytica, violating Facebook TOS
3.) Whistleblower (Christopher Wylie) lets world know that (2) happened
4.) Media / public gets out pitchforks and blames incident on Facebook
It really seems like Aleksandr Kogan, not Facebook, is the problem here.