I understand why people who care about privacy want to respond to Facebook revelations by sounding the alarm that Google's data collection policies are also pretty dangerous. They are pretty dangerous, and these points are not wrong.
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And how much Facebook is being "de-facto good" by "connecting people" can, of course, be measured. "It is perhaps the only area where the metrics do tell the true story as far as we are concerned."
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The metrics are good because connecting people is good. We're changing the world! Damn the kids who get killed by bullies.
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Disturbingly, this is actually more naked than the Silicon Valley parody of Silicon Valley.
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So while we ought to be using the opportunity to talk about the broad issues of privacy that plague all mega-corps, we shouldn't simply lump Facebook in with the wider problem.
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(Aside: I understand that there are many things that Google has said and done over the years that is very disturbing -- I've criticized a lot of it very vocally -- I just don't think it comes close to what Facebook has done and appears willing to do)
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(Another aside: I understand that there are many employees at Facebook, many of whom do not agree with their behavior on these fronts. I hope that they feel emboldened to push back harder internally.)
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