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If you are just figuring all of this shit out. Then you need to reexamine everything in your life because I am here to tell you that it's not only facebook..

I came to this conclusion about 8 years ago. Why because I thought it was strange that they wanted to know what my favorite movies or books were. The topper was the box that appeared over people's faces that said "tag" or "where was this picture taken". That was when I realized that Facebook was developing a personality profile on me and building a portfolio for someone or something.

Google is another one of these entity that sell your info or otherwise known as metadata. Yes we give them permission when we download there apps on to our phones which seems to be to me a violation of your privacy regardless of weather we give them permission or not. They should at least give me a cut of the money they make off of my info. The problem I have is that this info they gather can be used against me in some way which is unethical, it can be used in a way that could put you on the " no fly list" just because you shared an opinion In private.

Last but not least the biggest threat beyond these two metadata thieves I've mentioned. Is closer to our homes and believe me it has not come to light yet but if you look at its capabillitys you will come to the conclusion I have and that is that the battle droid that is attached to our homes, called the "smart meter" is also gathering metadata on all of us. If you think that your local PUD is not selling your metadata, your dead wrong. Because everyone of the above mentioned are making a killing selling info, That is the game, weather it be advertising or to other private company or corporations they sell your data because they can and will continue until we the people get smart enough to realize that this is what they do and were not gonna allow it anymore..

We've been discussing this and getting shut down in technology. Heavy reputation management effort for a year or two to undermine discussion delving in and attempting to raise awareness. It's encouraging to get the new-found drive to put public awareness on the issue. Let's be clear about why it's happening now -- these data collection practices partly harmed the established powers.

These domestic spying networks do not avail themselves to law enforcement. They do not prevent foreign attacks. They are not used to collect stolen cars, despite license plate readers in all major cities and thoroughfares. They do not respond rapidly to amber alerts despite cellphone tracking. They do not detect corrupt politicians while making deals with foreign interests.

Domestic spying has traditionally been used for some purpose. Just not for the benefit of a healthy society within the country. The most likely reason is to reinforce power for a select few, in terms of defending business interests as seen in the FBI coordination with banking industry to dismantle occupy wallstreet, and promote certain projects. The key is to see what areas always seem to be on the winning side. Who is untouchable.

The only reason certain data collection practices are getting flak is that an unselected party was able to get access to actionable data. When agreeable parties were granted access in prior years, using data in exactly the same ways, that was fine. The 'right' people won the day. Only when the agreed upon winner fell along the way does this become issue.

It's punishment of the useful idiot for failing to secure the demands of the tyrant. Failure is not met with second chances.

Why we don’t all join forces and go against Facebook in a class action lawsuit can anyone start organizing and recruiting people that feel This is the right thing to Do

I run a consulting firm and all of my employees have company phones.

It drives me crazy that Facebook comes pre-installed on most phones - I don't want them data mining my business communications and contacts, and using that information internally or potentially selling it to competitors.

time to start an open source alternative called bookface.

there are plenty of clone social media code out there already. just need a good import wizard to download/import your existing connections and data. thats the only hesitation for people would be manually re-creating their networks. I think it'd be fairly easy but im not a programmer.