[dyladan]

>”I don’t think the average person likely reads that whole document.”

This is my favorite quote in the whole article. Sums up the pompousness of the company quite nicely I think. This is one of the largest companies in the world. The quote could easily have been “we go to great lengths to make sure that’s the case,” or “that’s the point, grandpa.” At least it wouldn’t have come across as dishonest and cowardly that way.

[jve]

That is actually quite honest. Do you read temrs for all services? Or do you read terms at least for most important services?

If you do, great. Many don't and just complain or are surprised when they learn what almost every service on the web does with his data.

[aesh2Xa1]

OP is saying that it is actually the intent of the company that the end user does not read the ToS; it's an accusation that the quote demonstrates deceptive intent and therefore not honest in a way you haven't considered (in your response).

[heymijo]

I assume Facebook has data showing how long each user stays on the T&C page before consenting or not.

I wouldn't be shy to conjecture that time elapsed before consenting is a very small fraction of the time it would take an average reader to get through, let alone comprehend the terms and conditions.