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That's not sold, so not comparable to BB.


Evil mode:

That's not sold

No, given freely away for "protection".

Evil mode off:

I have less problems with western TLAs as they exist today but find it very scary to think about what might happen once we see a really big data leak from FB. Or Facebook folds and is bought by someone who's set on making money from the assets.


Facebook is in the business of making money off the assets. The thing that keeps them off the worst edge is that they want to stay in business long term.


This is why I've started using the phrase "intelligence-entertainment complex".




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