[zaccus]

Whatever happened to common fucking sense?

If you use any kind of web service at all, any data you send to it that isn't specifically protected by law can and will be monitored and inspected by random employees and contractors who develop and maintain that service.

I would think that goes without saying, but there you go. Now you've been warned.

[Nextgrid]

Companies go out of their way to give you the illusion of privacy even though it’s BS for many reasons (including legitimate ones like debugging).

Maybe the other reason is that people expect accountability and legal consequences for companies that lie, but Facebook still being around clearly shows the legal systems of most countries don’t give a shit.

[CodiePetersen]

Probably because the majority of the people using Facebook are neither programmers or employees that handle data so don't know the laws or methods used.

So I would argue there isn't common sense around this issue because it's not a common issue for people.

[zaccus]

I mean, if I give you a voice recorder, let you record secret stuff on it and give it back to me, do you really think it's reasonable to expect me to never listen to it under any circumstances? Really? It's not a technically complicated thing to think through is it?

[ben_w]

Every time I encounter the claim that something is “common sense”, either the claim is false, or it’s not common knowledge.

I believe most people neither know nor care how their devices and services function.

[pavel_lishin]

I also blame the victims.

[zaccus]

Victims are free to quantify their damages and sue FB.

They're still, what's the term Zuckerberg used? Dumb fucks? Yeah that's the one. They're dumb fucks.