For the past several years, Facebook has been trying to convince users and authorities that it will take user data security and privacy more seriously. But then something happens that reminds everyone why they never trusted Facebook in the first place, and everything it says should be taken with a grain of salt.
Take the latest revelations about the company’s handling of user data from a few years ago. Emails that were just made public show that Facebook decided to stop providing companies it perceived as potential rivals access to user data, and then disguised it as a move that would improve user privacy on the network.
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Facebook pretended to care about our security to keep rivals from getting data originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 22:05:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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