Sometimes when something you want is free, be aware, you might not be looking at the product. You might be the product
International Business Times UK:
Facebook Sued for Selling Details of Private Messages to Advertisers
Forbes:
New Facebook Policies Sell Your Face And Whatever It Infers
Discovery:
How Facebook Sells Your Personal Information
CNET:
Facebook selling user content to advertisers
Yahoo:
3 Ways Facebook Plans to Exploit Users
We’ve all heard the saying. “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” As a follower of Christ, I don’t take such a dark view. But it stands to reason that something as huge as Facebook or Google might be attracting capital from people with less than altruistic motives. And then, when they “go public”, they are pressured more openly to show a strategy of monetization. It’s at that moment that such warm and fuzzy organizations are forced to take their masks off.
