[dba-Tech] Facebook

[Peter Brawley]

On 2/17/2018 3:41, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi Jim
>
> Yes. Basically, Facebook was a good idea, in fact a very good idea, but turned into a greedy monster.

?! Wasn't it /designed/ to be that?

PB

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>
> Like Google, which started with "don't be evil" and has ended up exactly being evil and greedy - even more sneaky than Facebook, as they present a lot of good offerings and inventions, though all with the unspoken agenda - to get your data, preferable all of them.
>
> /gustav
>
> ________________________________________
> Fra: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>
> Sendt: 17. februar 2018 06:34:58
> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebook
>
> Draconian...Are we now in an era where 1984 is cerebral and not physically brutal?
>
> I guess anyone who runs these apps will have to run them in a virtual drive or it will mess with everything else. (I am sorry to say it but Windows10 is not far behind (or ahead) but what are you going to do?). :-(
>
> Aside: A good friend has a heavy duty hyper-V server with 170plus GB of RAM and he runs all his desktops on virtual drives.
>
> It too bad really as I have been keeping track of all the relatives on FB for years.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 2:33:32 AM
> Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebook
>
> Hi all
>
> If you haven't already signed off Facebook, now is the time:
>
> Facebook Turned Its Two-Factor Security 'Feature' Into the Worst Kind of Spam
> https://gizmodo.com/facebook-turned-its-two-factor-security-feature-into-th-1823006334
>
> Facebook is pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within its main mobile app
> https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-its-data-tracking-onavo-vpn-within-its-main-mobile-app/
>
> Scaring. I'm glad, I've never joined this evil virus.
>
> /gustav
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