[dingaling]

Nicely juxtapositioned with the Independent's ad for their Facebook Bitcoin group. Facebook groups really are the antithesis of the Internet, being closed and unindexable.

Anyway perhaps these no-decline 'permission' screens will cause a few people to reconsider their presence on Facebook. After all the company's Chief Privacy Officer endorses it! “People can choose to not be on Facebook if they want"

[kleiba]

perhaps these no-decline 'permission' screens will cause a few people to reconsider their presence on Facebook

Yes, but not more than a few. Privacy is not a big concern for most.

“People can choose to not be on Facebook if they want"

I made my choice a number of years ago.

[nathanaldensr]

"Chief Privacy Officer" at a company that wouldn't exist were real privacy to be present in their products.

[muro]

Heh, funny. Unfortunately also nonsense. A CFO also exists and not because a company doesn't handle finances responsibly. Or a CEO implies no engineering?

[matrixagent]

I think you misread. The implication was that Facebook would not exist with real privacy in the product, not the role of CPO within Facebook.

[nathanaldensr]

Yes, this is correct. Thanks for clarifying.

[muro]

Doh. You are right. Apologies for the snark.