[I hate to break it to Snowden, but pretty much everything nowadays is a “surveillance” company, right down to your grocery store super-savings card.]
True. I’m sure he’s aware of that though. He just knows that Zuckerberg is a typical lefty. He’s trying to deliver the maximum punch possible to this liberal goon.
If people were to walk away from Fakebook, it would take away much of his power.
I’m sure we all doubt folks will give it up. Even Snowden.
Folks won’t give it up but it sure has fizzled.
and always has been!
Following general statement for all and not anybody in particular!
Before the internet what were commercial market analysts analyzing ? Were they just making things up? The Internet and peoples narcissistic behavior just makes it easier.
When you bought kitchen appliances (or anything electrical .. usually electrical!) and filled out the warranty card, a data collection (Call it Intel!) was being done on you. Since land ownership & real estate purchases are part of the public record, that information can be collected too.(How long have credit bureaus been around!) Every form you fill out every question you answer is part of your commercial profile and has been for years. It’s just easier to do now. There has always been a market for marketing data. The data is used to separate you from your hard earned dollar. I guess that’s a good thing, most of the time! The thing is now, the Internet & social media makes that data deeper, richer, more accurate and more revealing. And for marketing data collectors that data is gold! You think Facebook is worth billions because Zuckerman is such a snappy clever guy? No its because he has come up with (for now!) the ultimate internet “pet rock” something where it gets the customer to bare all! You are the product, your personal information is packaged shrink wrapped and sold like M&Ms
Get used to it & stop complaining! Or stop using it!
Though for geeks like me I find that the math associated with the Machine & Deep Learning algorithms for data analytics fascinating. The national narcissism keeps me in clover!
It started with My Space, then Facebook came along and stole their thunder, as will something else soon—that is what Zuckerberg is afraid of. It is all just a fad, waiting for the next one so the silly fools can glom on to show they’re hip.