| More services means more data for them to exploit. Weak on privacy guarantees = whatever services they offer are heavily mined for your data. When it comes to sales, craigslist is useful because it allows you to remain anonymous. With FB, I seem to be exposing exactly who I am, where I live, what I have for sale. In places with high crime rates, this opens me up to becoming a victim, as perps can search this information, see my name (maybe search online for more details), etc. Craigslist has even worked with police departments to set up safe areas[0] for people to exchange items. Will FB prioritize these important aspects? I just recently saw an advertisement for their rural internet initiative, launching 3kW large-wingspan aircraft over remote areas to transmit network signals[1]. On the surface it is a useful goal - to connect more people - but ultimately, FB wants to increase its membership, and enrich its supply of data collected by people. Do we really prioritize having people send likes on FB from their shantytowns[2] instead of helping them improve their own villages -- food, sanity[3], customs, etc.? From [2]: > Mr. Kohli, 17, said he spends about four hours a day on the Internet and uses an Express Wi-Fi plan to supplement his Airtel data plan. > Facebook has no desire to enter directly into the Internet service business. > An important cog in the system is the merchant in each village that sells the service. Facebook and AirJaldi decided that there should be just one authorized seller per village to give that person a strong incentive to sell as many subscriptions as possible. [0] http://www.npr.org/2015/03/27/395586863/police-departments-o... [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-31/facebook-t... [2] http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/facebook-strives-to... [3] http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_madiath_better_toilets_better_l... |