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[...] The social media company said Huawei, computer maker Lenovo Group, and smartphone makers OPPO and TCL Corp were among about 60 companies worldwide that received access to some user data after they signed contracts to re-create Facebook-like experiences for their users.
Members of Congress raised concerns after The New York Times reported on the practice on Sunday, saying that data of users’ friends could have been accessed without their explicit consent. Facebook denied that and said the data access was to allow its users to access account features on mobile devices.
[...] Chinese telecommunications companies have come under scrutiny from U.S. intelligence officials who argue they provide an opportunity for foreign espionage and threaten critical U.S. infrastructure, something the Chinese have consistently denied.
[...] Senators John Thune, the committee’s Republican chairman, and Bill Nelson, the ranking Democrat, on Tuesday wrote to Zuckerberg after The New York Times reported that manufacturers were able to access data of users’ friends even if the friends denied permission to share the information with third parties.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Thursday June 07 2018, @04:55AM (5 children)
Google still flies under the radar. They probably have 10x more data than FB, they're probably selling it to everybody and their dog who's willing to pay for it without any restraint, and nobody cares. But Facebook? Uuh, baaad!
I'd investigate Google sooner than I would Facebook, personnally. But hey, even if people are barking up the wrong tree, at least this particular tree deserves felling anyway...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @05:54AM (2 children)
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 07 2018, @05:07PM (1 child)
Or, we could draft a series of rules that all companies must follow w/r/t to our private data. Then we could take care of Google and Facebook at the same time.
But that would require people to vote in their own best interests which is sadly out of fashion.
(Score: 2) by AssCork on Thursday June 07 2018, @08:02PM
Sure, because everyone will tell you they're following the rules, but how to confirm? If only there was a world-wide organization, a "United Corporations" or some such, that could police and enforce its own rules...
Just popped-out of a tight spot. Came out mostly clean, too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @03:00PM
Maybe. Google has a hell of a lot of data, there's no denying that. But, the source, and the nature of data on Facebook are different. People are more likely to expose very intimate details of their lives on Facebook, than on Google apps, with the exception of Gmail. On which site do people post pictures of the "Phlaming Phags Sodomistic Weekend", complete with details of who coupled with whom?
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Friday June 08 2018, @09:47PM
I think the difference between Facebook and Google is that Facebook collects the data to sell, whereas Google has no intention of letting others take and profit from the data they collect. You want to use that data? Google will do it for you, at a price, but how they do it and what and where they got it are proprietary information. Whether one way is better than another or whether either is desirable is another question.