9 Jul
2013
9 Jul
'13
8:01 a.m.
Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
Anyway, the only surprise in this subject would be the notion that anyone might be unaware that Facebook are selling its users as product, which they are most certainly doing, indeed. It suffices to visit any Facebook page and check using NoScript to see the array of tracking methods they throw at people, and that aspire to track even logged-out users.
It should also be obvious, given that they don't charge their users directly for services, that there isn't much they could sell other than access to and information about said users for advertising purposes. There's a well known quote to the effect that, if you aren't paying for the product, then you are the product.