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basch 5 hours ago

It was an insightful comment at the time he made it.

His point wasn’t that he couldn’t be trusted, it was that he could be anyone and people had zero awareness or concern for their privacy. It was eye opening to him how little people outside tech circles cared about security, and he was both flippant and accurate.

alex1138 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

WHY was it an insightful comment

Do you not realize that outside of that he said "If you need any info on people at Harvard just ask"? Or "I'm going to fuck them [the Winklevoss twins] in the ear"? Or when he was reported to hack Crimson (Harvard newspaper) reporters who were investigating him?

NO OTHER COMPANY HEADS DO THIS (the dumb fucks quote, not the other things). Why do people like you give him a pass? It's not about "context"

Zuckerberg has also continually subverted privacy on FB. I'm talking about things like photo tagging and post visibility, not just advertiser stuff

soraminazuki 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No. That was him mocking his users in private, knowing he was exploiting kids who had no clue what they were getting into.

> the following exchange is between a 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg and a friend shortly after Mark launched The Facebook in his dorm room:

> Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

> Zuck: Just ask.

> Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

> [Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

> Zuck: People just submitted it.

> Zuck: I don't know why.

> Zuck: They "trust me"

> Zuck: Dumb fucks.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-fa...

Do you really see this as him sharing insight? I call bullshit.

basch 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It has nothing to do with exploiting them. It was about them turning over personal information to a nobody.

It can be insightful and curt at the same time.

soraminazuki 3 hours ago | parent [-]

If you don't see that as exploitation, then we have much bigger issues to discuss. Like baseline ethics.

sajithdilshan an hour ago | parent [-]

ethics would be the first thing to sacrifice for profits. I mean meta even broke laws for profits.