[lallysingh]

They're hardly alone, just the most visible. Let's remember that many of our fellow hackers are likely Facebook engineers doing regular work, and are probably feeling pretty bad right now, even though the decisions behind what's going on is way above their pay grade.

Yes there's some responsibility due them as well, but perhaps we can remain civil to our silent peers?

[sincerely]

>Let's remember that many of our fellow hackers are likely Facebook engineers doing regular work, and are probably feeling pretty bad right now, even though the decisions behind what's going on is way above their pay grade.

Didn't we establish that "just following orders" doesn't cut it decades ago?

[lallysingh]

The second paragraph that you didn't quote covered that

[leesalminen]

Barely. I think FB engineers deserve more than “some” of the blame here. Surely they could see the negative consequences of linking health data into their graph.

[LinuxBender]

The ones I know are proud of the fact they can pull in thousands of data sources. They will show off what they can do using big data, AI and other bingo terms with your data.

[leesalminen]

Scary stuff. Glad I never drank the FB Kool-Aid. Don’t think I’d even consider a job offer from them.

[ShabbosGoy]

It’s easy to say that when you are financially secure and comfortable.