Posted on 04/07/2018 7:15:46 AM PDT by ptsal
Facebook’s second in command Sheryl Sandberg said Friday that users wanting to opt out of having their data used by advertisers will have to pay for that assurance.
The comments came in the wake of revelations that the personal information of 87 million users had been inappropriately used by the data firm Cambridge Analytica in the 2016 election campaign, the New York Post reported.
While different forms of opt-out are already available on Facebook, an opt-out at the highest level “would be a paid product,” Sandberg said during an interview on NBC's "Today" show, the Post reported.
Furthermore, Sandberg suggested that the public has not seen the last of Facebook’s privacy scandal.
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how about if they want to sell my info, they need permission, and they should expect to pay a royalty.
Does this mean I would have to pay for each of my fake accounts?
In some ways that’s correct.
Unfortunately even if that was how the Internet worked, everyone else with whom you conduct personal business, including every one of your financial transactions, is also data that is being sold and traded to the same folks that get your data from Internet activities. Amazon does not merely know everything about your buying activity with them, they trade that data with others too. With Amazon and others like them you are both a customer and a commodity.
Sounds reasonable. Facebook is a business, and if you want no ads and privacy just click here to start your monthly subscription. You can trust FB to ensure your privacy. You can trust FB to not collect data and package it up for marketers, politcal groups, governments... really, sure you can.
Side note- I’ve got some ocean front property in Arizona. It’s great. From the front porch you can see the sea..
I could see her argument if Facebook was starting up anew. But as its popularity grew, so did what most people would call its abusive use of that data, even if it was technically covered in legalese.
Facebook led people to believe that the invasion of their privacy and commercialization of their data would be minimal. As the invasiveness of its data-mining grew, it buried what was going on in the terms of service contracts that hardly anyone could understand.
It reminds me of Darth Vader’s line, “Pray I do not change the deal further.”
People tell EVERYONE their business and are SHOCKED that folks know their business.
I am bad at names, data bases make that easy.
Facebook COO Says Users Should Expect to Pay for Privacy
And if you pay them money, you are getting something for your money. In this case, it seems to be privacy.
“While different forms of opt-out are already available on Facebook, an opt-out at the highest level “would be a paid product,” Sandberg said...”
Yes, Fascistbook members, YOU (your personal data) are their product.
And Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google................
Exactly, it is a business, not a charity. It is called there is no free lunch. Having a general idea of their business model, and the others too, I am NOT a member of social media.
Facebook’s second in command Sheryl Sandberg said, “While different forms of opt-out are already available on Facebook, an opt-out at the highest level “would be a paid product,”
What Facebook’s second in command Sheryl Sandbergan either doesn’t understand or even realize an opt-out at the highest level would be to opt-out of Facebook!
She sounds as arrogant as Facebook’s first in command!
Move the border a few miles and you are on the sea of Cortez in Puerto Penasco..
j_guru wrote:”how about if they want to sell my info, they need permission, and they should expect to pay a royalty.”
You’ve already given them permission when you agreed to the terms of service. You think Facebook operates for free?
your info is Facebook info, freely given.
I know a better way, never join Facebook at all.
They already do, by making FaceBook "free". In other words, the royalty they "pay" you balances out the cost of making FB available to you, resulting in a charge of zero.
The problem with paying for privacy, is that all the OTHER people who know you will post things which will give information about you.
Surely Sandberg wouldn’t mind everybody getting HER information. Right Sheryl?
Opting out of FB is what will likely happen. There aren’t many successful Internet subscription services.
“Opt out of Facebook”
Duh, that’s what I do.
I trust Jim.
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