Facebook: is it time we all deleted our accounts?

Facebook: is it time we all deleted our accounts?

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/facebook-is-it-time-we-all-deleted-our-accounts

The Cambridge Analytica revelations may be the final nudge we need to turn away from the social network. And it’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to big tech harvesting private information

Mark Zuckerberg thinks you’re a “dumb fuck”. That’s what an analysis of publicly available data suggests, anyway. Back in 2004, when a 19-year-old Zuckerberg had only just started building Facebook, he sent his Harvard friends a series of instant messages in which he marvelled at the fact 4,000 people had volunteered their personal information to his nascent social network. “People just submitted it ... I don’t know why ... They ‘trust me’ ... dumb fucks.”

Facebook: is it time we all deleted our accounts?

Mar 20, 2018, 3:40pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/facebook-is-it-time-we-all-deleted-our-accounts >The Cambridge Analytica revelations may be the final nudge we need to turn away from the social network. And it’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to big tech harvesting private information >Mark Zuckerberg thinks you’re a “dumb fuck”. That’s what an analysis of publicly available data suggests, anyway. Back in 2004, when a 19-year-old Zuckerberg had only just started building Facebook, he sent his Harvard friends a series of instant messages in which he marvelled at the fact 4,000 people had volunteered their personal information to his nascent social network. “People just submitted it ... I don’t know why ... They ‘trust me’ ... dumb fucks.”