If they’re going through all the trouble to warn you about how bad it is, and how unsafe it is, that means it’s probably secure and they can’t snoop. So, instead of forcing the parent company to give them access (which is in Russia according to the story), they just seek to scare everyone away from using it.
The author of the swill probably thinks Fakebook, because it is US in origin, is some kind of clean act. It is as bad as any of the others.
Lets just ban everything!