"I made Bannon's psychological warfare tool": Whistleblower on Cam. Analytica

[Froztshock]

I've had a professor at Uni who teaches classes on operating systems, encryption, computer security, that sort of thing. He's got a mantra that comes up a lot, and that is: "If it's on the internet, and it's free, then you're the product." This applies in the case of all large sites, from Facebook to Youtube to Google. This is information that, I think, needs to be shouted from the rooftops, there needs to be PSAs about this sort of thing. Facebook isn't selling your information because they decided to be naughty one night, it's because that's what they do. That's all they do. That's their business model.

It's the parable of the scorpion and the frog. You can ask them not to sting you all you want, but it'll happen when you're halfway across the river all the same, and they'll do nothing but shrug and say "I can't help it, it's my nature."

[Kube]

Depends. I’m a social recluse for the most part but grew up in a heavily conservative household. Thanks to Facepunch and the internet I became more of a free thinker type.

my brother doesn’t use social media at all but is more ingrained in his socially liberal/fiscally conservative views.

They are certainly less vulnerable to believing bullshit they see or hear from other people, however.

[AlbertWesker]

not really the point I was trying to get at. I meant consumer protection laws should be expanded to regulate what kind of data can be stored, how it is stored, and who it can be sold to.

There needs to be more oversight because right now it seems like the consequences for shoddy security causing massive data breaches are nonexistent. Also are there any well defined limitations on who personal data can be sold to? Are there even any laws already on the books preventing companies from selling data to foreign organizations, agencies, or fucking Russia?