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I understand your argument, and from a technical aspect it makes sense.

But guess what? An overwhelming majority of people on Facebook aren't concerned with data mining activities, there are families on Facebook. People who connect with loved ones overseas, who don't want their photos and family memories saved on the Internet for the sake of technical operation.

Really. Look at it from their perspective: they do-not-care about code and crunching processes. To them, this is akin to a gov't wiretapping phones in the name of national preservation.




I think you're projecting. Most of those people just want Facebook to work, and don't care about this latest privacy "outrage".




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