[vedantroy]

>It surprises me that the majority of my family can still tolerate Facebook (and instagram/whatsapp etc.) despite what is known.

I'm not sure why it's super surprising. Facebook's data collection has never personally harmed me. I like Facebook because it helps me stay connected and tools like whatsapp/messenger are some of the best cross-platform messaging tools.

Yes, Facebook has downsides, but I've never experienced a privacy-related downside.

Someone should provide a link to an article that exposes some really nasty stuff about Facebook--I already know Facebook knows my address and my likes/dislikes and probably what sites I browse (since many sites use Facebook tracking), and it reads my messages, but in a way, I don't really care about those things because Whatsapp and FB Messenger are free.

[blub]

"I'm not sure why it's super surprising. Facebook's data collection has never personally harmed me."

No need to worry, they have the rest of your life to think of something and a lot more of your data to collect.

Best of all: you will dutifully provide the data while continuing to think that Facebook has never harmed you and you will likely never know how they harm you.

[vedantroy]

My point is that people keep on saying Facebook is harming me through its data collection, but no one has provided an example. Same with you, you assert that Facebook is harming me without giving evidence or examples of how the data is being misused.

[blub]

I'm not saying FB is harming you, I'm saying the probability of them harming any user approaches 1 as more data about them is collected and FB get more desperate for growth/money.