First, I haven’t insisted on anything...calm down. Second, you can’t prove your assertions either.
Of course it wasn’t useful for years - never said it was intended to be. So what?
I don’t disagree about AWS or GA - and it’s not just about FB. We don’t know how many entities are sharing what data and what analysis is being done on it all.
https://www.military.com/defensetech/2004/02/04/lifelog-dead - February 4, 2004.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook - FOUNDED February 4, 2004.
There’s nothing out there that demonstrates this is a “well worn and factually false conspiracy”. Get over yourself. I’ve worked with academia, the military, and government officials on projects - I understand deep neural networks and the breadth and depth of data we’re talking about. You’re naive if you think this is beyond any possibility.
I’ve been writing and designing systems for over 35 years. Server based, desktop based, embedded devices, consumer/military. My main goal was only to raise awareness of how powerful the combination of government and technology can be in this new age and how it will influence our freedoms - with a curious backdrop that nobody can claim has been proven false. FB was not always public. Considering the Patriot Act, changing CIA/NSA behavior, the close timing of things, and how the government often gets things done (academia+industry+$$$) it’s not that huge a leap. Sure - I can’t prove it. Neither can you - why it was posted in General Chat. It didn’t deserve some of these rabid posts. I know a hell of a lot more about computer technology than 99% of the people here.
Actually you have insisted on quite a bit. Biggest and most importantly being that FB absolutely positively MUST be a government project.
If it was a government project it was a failure at the start. And again FB is what it is NOT because of Zuckerberg, or anybody in his employ. It is what is it because the PEOPLE decided to put all their crap on FB. If the users don’t decide FB is the perfect place to overshare none of this happens.
You should bother to read your own links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook “Zuckerberg built a website called “Facemash” in 2003 while attending Harvard University.”
Your own link disproved you.
If you want to raise awareness of the combination of the government tech merger STOP ALL THE IDIOTIC CONSPIRACY CRAP. And bother to be factually correct.