> Absolutely (the cynics would never admit this point, but it's true, e.g. the amount of resources and cross-company efforts thrown at improving privacy is incredible).
I would have to disagree there. Their core ethos has been pretty bad on this front. I quit Facebook around the time edu addresses were first no longer required. Things like the wall were the major features.
The main reason I quit though was because they were routinely reverting and NOT respecting my privacy options. It got to the point where I was taking screenshots of my privacy options to make sure it wasn’t just something I was missing.
I reactivated about 2009 but quickly disabled against because of the same reasons. And rather than regularly combing through my options I chose to opt out entirely.
Multiple people I have spoke with since, many of whom aren’t tech savvy have said the same over the years, even recently.
Not sure I understand the argument here. I'm clearly talking about current/ongoing efforts, not decisions made 15 years ago. Anecdotal evidence doesn't change the fact that I witnessed huge cross-cutting efforts to improve privacy. At Facebook's scale, it's not exactly an overnight process.
Well in my defense your evidence is as anecdotal as mine here. The habit of making all options opt out and actively resetting past opt outs over the course of, to your point, decades isn’t exactly what I would call a focus on privacy.
If they were still up to the same practices 15 years ago, 10 years ago and as recent as the last few years....and to your point at scale it doesn’t chnage over night...how are they exactly privacy conscious. The company since its inception is basically antithetical to the concept of privacy and ownership of the data you place on their service.
Edit.
To be clear. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with their model. Not a fan of their opt out style approach but that’s clearly not a major issue for most. I just wouldn’t categorize Facebook as privacy focused. At best they seem to respond in a minimalist way to these concerns. Which again is fine. But I wouldn’t say it’s a focus for them.
I would have to disagree there. Their core ethos has been pretty bad on this front. I quit Facebook around the time edu addresses were first no longer required. Things like the wall were the major features.
The main reason I quit though was because they were routinely reverting and NOT respecting my privacy options. It got to the point where I was taking screenshots of my privacy options to make sure it wasn’t just something I was missing.
I reactivated about 2009 but quickly disabled against because of the same reasons. And rather than regularly combing through my options I chose to opt out entirely.
Multiple people I have spoke with since, many of whom aren’t tech savvy have said the same over the years, even recently.