> “A lot of the focus is on changing the way that consumer-to-consumer interaction works,” said Greg Sparrow, senior vice president and general manager at CompliancePoint, a data privacy and security consultancy. “While that is laudable and it’s great that they’re doing that, but fundamentally it doesn’t address the problem on the back-end side, which is businesses gaining access to this information and how they’re using it from a data monetization perspective.”
Bingo. Most people on Facebook are well aware of how "public" their posts are but aren't aware of how public their personal information is to advertisers. Facebook's new "privacy" focus isn't intended to solve the platform's real privacy problem, it's intended to distract from it.
Bingo. Most people on Facebook are well aware of how "public" their posts are but aren't aware of how public their personal information is to advertisers. Facebook's new "privacy" focus isn't intended to solve the platform's real privacy problem, it's intended to distract from it.
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