'Don't understand when people call Facebook a Stasi. Its people choice to use it. Its free service'
You're not looking at things from Zuk's perspective. Many of these sources only came to light after the CA-Palantir scandal. We may never have learned about them otherwise. What else is Facebook hoovering up. Right now Zuk is getting data from:
1. Firms uploading their CRM databases as part of advertising on Facebook. your insurer, your bank, your telco. Quality data!
2. Data Brokers trading bank and credit-card and utility financial datasets (Experian). Some bad data in there, but damaging!
3. Hospitals sharing health info. This is new and potentially very damaging. It raises uncomfortable questions like: What else do we not know about?
4. Shadow Profiles from Email / Phonebooks of anyone you've ever crossed paths with. Low hanging fruit contacts in your life!
5. All the Facebook buttons on millions of websites around the world phone home constantly. Some of it is blockable using adblockers. Some of it isn't when done Server-side (Passenger-Booking-Data etc).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
