Facebook announced a series of changes on Wednesday to give users more control over their data, after a huge data scandal which has wiped more than $100 billion from its stock market value.
Facebook said the changes were in the works for some time, but I have a hard time believing that.
I control my data by not using Facebook.
Quite likely changes in development for EU/Europe users due to the new GDPR regulations active in May. Maybe recent events have caused Facebook to open up changes globally.
Settings for controlling my data has always been there (which is how Mark is snaking the legal line), but it’s extremely complicated and difficult to understand.
Steve Jobs has explained in 2010 with Mark in the audience how to get it done.
By default, make everything private. And as user starts sharing, just ask how they want the information shared. Put a little “remember” checkbox underneath to set the default.
Of course, Facebook isn’t going to do this because (1) it costs a lot of money to run a company as big as Facebook and (2) it needs to sell all your private data to monetize.
So what we will likely get is a marginally simpler privacy setting pages. I would call it a progress if the setting pages consolidate into a single page.
Yeah this is the most logical explanation