Part of giving people control over their data means enabling them to take their information with them on other services (open platforms vs walled gardens). So you can get your Facebook on B’berry or your Gmail on iPhone. What do you feel is different with these FB integrations?
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Couple of things--has to do with the nature of your business, the information you hold and consent (but that doesn't mean what everyone else does is okay.) So let's walk through a few.
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First, device-integrated API is an example of moving too fast at the expense of slower, more privacy-sensitive approaches. But either way, there is lack of clarity on who has access to what kind of information and that matters most for you because you hold sensitive information.
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Second, if Facebook wasn't going to be a walled garden, and be a platform where people could take their data, it *had to be under clear consent & explanation.* You let apps and devices access data, and sometimes friends' data, but not at al clear to end-user. Hence the backlash.
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For OS integration, the question is interest-alignment. We trust our devices with a lot, and while Apple is not perfect, they have largely aligned privacy interests with their users. Android, I gave up because I cannot manage to turn off Google tracking despite much trying.
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I use Google's app to read email, but I understand some people have Apple's app. We just hope that Apple won't read all that and compile a profile on us—and I wish we had more than Apple's word—but Apple doesn't have a business model that's based on profiling and targeting us.
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Facebook has sensitive data that is unlike any other platform (maybe closest is Google), has confused the hell out of most users (including me) on what gets collected, visibility and privacy (Zuck got confused while testifying) and, until recently, seemed to not erase much.
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Facebook cannot simultaneously aspire to be the connective social fabric online (the platform era!) and have this business model which misaligns its interests with users' and be this muddled about privacy and sharing--and not have us wary of what happens with our data.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Michael LaForgia
If NYT got details wrong, by all means, correct them. Also, what's going on here? The more you explain, the less we'll all be confused.https://twitter.com/laforgia_/status/1003619319736143872 …
zeynep tufekci added,
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Replying to @zeynep
Good feedback as always. Thanks for the reply,
@zeynep. We agree that we can be clearer with people about how these things work and where our interests lie. These are vetted partnerships that give people access to FB on the devices they prefer to use – good for us, good for them.10 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
I don't think the users have clarity on what exactly that means. Can you respond to the thread I linked above? We're talking about 60+ companies. Can you provide what exact information they had; what the vetting was; and what if they stored/used that data without your knowledge?
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Also this isn't a bad question. What if there was a malicious actor in that ecology? What were the safeguards? (Google also didn't have them doesn't make it better
).https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/06/04/did-facebook-allow-chinese-firms-zte-and-huawei-to-access-user-data-a-lawmaker-wants-to-know/ …3 replies 8 retweets 50 likes -
Please tell us you billed FB $50,000 for your hard-earned expertise! FB, tell us you're bringing in
@Zeynep in an official capacity & that C-level execs are taking her insight into account. We all know how much this is worth & how badly you guys need it.1 reply 7 retweets 69 likes - Show replies
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