Leaking corporate data or trade secrets to the general public is not the solution for a couple of reasons.
- Depending on the actual contents of the leak, people might panic; this is basically never useful.
- Depending on the outlet, the contents may get distorted before being published in order to fit some narrative -- potentially causing a panic. See above.
- You or the original leaker may be traced back using even editorialized data, or without the corporation seeing the data. This would land you and/or the original leaker in a lot of legal hot water.
- A side-effect of that is that you'd become unemployable in many cases, and you might find yourself running from the law in other cases.
So, yeah -- quitting facebook probably isn't a bad idea as a user. Refusing work as a contractor or an employee may be difficult, but because absolute morality doesn't exist, it's really up to the person in that position to make the call about quitting.
- Depending on the actual contents of the leak, people might panic; this is basically never useful.
- Depending on the outlet, the contents may get distorted before being published in order to fit some narrative -- potentially causing a panic. See above.
- You or the original leaker may be traced back using even editorialized data, or without the corporation seeing the data. This would land you and/or the original leaker in a lot of legal hot water.
- A side-effect of that is that you'd become unemployable in many cases, and you might find yourself running from the law in other cases.
So, yeah -- quitting facebook probably isn't a bad idea as a user. Refusing work as a contractor or an employee may be difficult, but because absolute morality doesn't exist, it's really up to the person in that position to make the call about quitting.