[dba-Tech] Facebook

[Jim Lawrence]

I would like to think that Mark Zuckerberg felt that he was doing a good thing but unfortunately, he is not the only individual driving the company. The real Facebook owners are the shareholders and they only invest where there is profit...unfortunately, profit is their only motivating factor...and that really is too bad.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "peter brawley" brawley at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:24:26 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Facebook

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
>
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> Fra: dba-Tech 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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