This article on oil companies buying their social license resonates with privacy-eroding companies doing the same.https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/adam-ramsay/why-is-guardian-accepting-sponsorship-money-from-shell …
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@aral targetted advertising by knowing my behaviour/preferences/likes etc. if i am not mistaken -
@ErikJonker Exactly. Now what kind of corporation is Facebook? -
@aral it's just a company that wants to make money , with "users" of it's infrastructure. -
@ErikJonker Yes, but specifically, it’s a publicly-traded company. -
@ErikJonker So we have a publicly-traded company whose core business model revolves around violating your privacy. -
@ErikJonker Now here’s the real question: what happens if you try to change the business model of a very profitable publicly-traded corp? -
@aral they will adapt their business model a bit, to silence most critics. -
@ErikJonker Adapt, sure. They’ll update their narratives. That’s not real change.
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@aral ...because privacy is not "absolute" just as security. -
@ErikJonker Stay with me here, this is important, we’re building up to something :) What kind of corporation is Facebook?
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@aral my point is you can define Google and Facebook as the anti-thesis of privacy but in the end a "deal" has to be madeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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