Source: 30dB.com – Facebook-and-Personal%20Data
After Facebook dropped the ball by allowing data firm Cambridge Analytica to get its hands on the personal information of Facebook users without their permission, more information has reached the public about the extent of FB’s monitoring. According to Zuckerberg, who fessed up earlier this week, Messenger scans every message sent and sometimes even intervenes when content is deemed inappropriate. Additionally, more than 2 billion users have had their personal data shared with third parties, according to Zuckerberg. “I would assume if you had that setting turned on that someone at some point has access to your public information in some way,” Zuck told reporters on Wednesday. But his mea culpa is a little late for many in the online world who think that the CEO’s reputation is now in “shambles.” Opinions on Twitter are highly negative, with 84 percent of sentiments critical of the way Facebook has treated personal data. –Hugo Guzman
Republished from 30dB