Does this Durbin/Zuckerberg interview clip give you more hope or interest in privacy rights?

But there’s are at least two big differences between the Durbin stunt and Facebook.

First, Zuck was asked if he would volunteer it. He said no. In Facebook, you may “technically” volunteer it, but to do anything useful on Facebook you pretty much have to trade in your privacy. Zuck could opt out with no repercussions. You and I on facebook – really can’t.

Second, and more important: Facebook takes your data and sells it (and you) to everyone who is willing to pay for it. Durbin’s question would have been a one-time response by Zuck, and the information wouldn’t have been sold to a thousand advertisers.

So the Durbin stunt was rather silly and proved absolutely nothing.

That said, anyone who uses Facebook who hasn’t turned their privacy settings to VERY PRIVATE is an idiot.

I don’t know if this drilling of Zuckerberg by senators is going to make any difference in the way Facebook works/ is going to work in future. I would say it would be of some help if it creates some awareness amongst the people who’re using it!!!

I love the memes of the Zuckbot.

The Lizard probably won’t have to deal with any major repercussions. Maybe just some fines or something easy. I’d love to see new laws but if laws are put in place preventing them from selling our data and giving us ads, how would they get the money to fund a free app? By introducing “premium” features or by making the app cost money to even download.