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by jonesb6 3874 days ago
Yeah ok but how many end-users are conscious enough of the situation to OPT-OUT of such an intrusive policy?

On the same vein as accepting every terms and conditions that comes your way, I think most people are severely uninformed about this. It's like how many people believe software engineering is "magic", they believe Facebook or the government will protect them with "magic". Hint: there is no magic.

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> Yeah ok but how many end-users are conscious enough of the situation to OPT-OUT of such an intrusive policy?

Well, I meant opt-out as in "not use". Plenty of people don't use Facebook because of the privacy implications. And as another use mentioned, this is the reason that people are so upset about Facebook's shadow profiles, because it removed your ability to opt out of their tracking.