Personally I thought it was good that the CSO of a $500bn company was trying to engage in a public, technical conversation about what, specifically, did and did not happen.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/975067185889427456 …
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Replying to @benedictevans
Sure. I wasn’t objecting at all to Alex tweeting. That’s not my point above. I agree, this isn’t a security breach in that sense. It’s a structural business model issue. And that’s my point.
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Replying to @zeynep
You said his tweets were a damning indictment. That’s not an objection?
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Replying to @benedictevans
I’d seen Facebook objection to breach language elsewhere, including allegedly legal threats to stop publication of story—so wasn’t referring to his tweets. That said, I think Alex’s explanation does implicate the business model. How is an ordinary person supposed to consent?
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Replying to @zeynep
This is a strong argument against the openness that almost all academics, journalists and advocates urged on Facebook until very recently.
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Replying to @benedictevans
Nope! You can easily have access to research that provides public info without letting sleazy apps collect friend info. Put people on site! Independence of research, publish without PR approval, no taking data off site. Done. I know many who’d jump at this and contribute a lot.
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Replying to @zeynep
It’s not a matter of research, but of innovation around new services. Closing off API access makes that harder and was evil, according to all tech advocates. Same for Apple curating the store - closed! Evil! All the advocacy positions have swung around 180°, which is notable.
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API access & research access are not identical terms. If some people changed their mind, I guess, ask them. There are many people who’ve been making principled objections for a long time. Conflating all criticisms doesn’t change this. There are/were reasonable paths to research.
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Replying to @zeynep @benedictevans
Data portability a GDPR mandate, will bad actors to exploit that legally mandated access to data? Yes informed consent by the individual and purpose limitations required by law, but only if regulators are on top of that.
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