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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacebook wants to know what's in your bank account (Alex Shephard, TNR)
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/150411/facebook-wants-know-whats-bank-accountFacebook has spent the better part of the year answering difficult questions about its handling of user data. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it has attempted to show users, regulators, and politicians that it is taking privacy seriously and that it is working to ensure that a similar misuse of its data does not occur again. It has made promises and public apologies, and publicized misinformation campaigns when they are discovered.
But Facebooks core businessadvertising is still reliant on collecting user data. And the company knows that this data is also enormously valuable to potential partners. On Monday The Wall Street Journal reported that the company had asked banks to share detailed financial information about their customers, including card transactions and checking account balances. Facebook is hoping that it can use the data to build a platform where people buy and sell goods and services, seemingly a combination of Craigslist, Venmo, and Amazon. The plan also appears to be an attempt to monetize Messenger, Facebooks popular, but unprofitable, chat app.
Some of the banks have balked, given the privacy concerns involved and the companys poor track record on protecting privacy. But the move does tell us two important things. The first is that, following last months $100 billion stock dive, the company is seriously looking at ways to monetize popular platforms like Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The second is that, despite the fallout from Cambridge Analytica, the companys cavalier attitude toward privacy persists.
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Facebook wants to know what's in your bank account (Alex Shephard, TNR) (Original Post)
swag
Aug 2018
OP
If they knew what was in my banc account, maybe I'd get fewer ads in my e-mail.
DavidDvorkin
Aug 2018
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spinbaby
(15,090 posts)1. I wonder what they'd do with that information
Maybe decide whether to show you an ad for a maga hat or a $15,000 ostrich jacket.
2naSalit
(86,683 posts)2. Fuck FB!
I don't participate for the very reason that they cannot be trusted with any personal information.
irisblue
(33,007 posts)3. What could go wrong? 💁
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)4. Fuckerberg can't be trusted.
He is like the GOP. They will do anything for a quick buck...including illegal activities which harm others and the country. Their stocks and customers are dropping so now what do they do? They same thing they have always done, try to sell data and info. I am glad some banks said NO WAY!
dlk
(11,572 posts)5. The Facebook Platform Needs to be Regulated
Why everyone keeps dancing around this is a mystery. Facebook, itself, nor market forces will ever do whats right. They exist to make as much money as possible, no matter the damage to everyones privacy.
question everything
(47,502 posts)6. I hope that the banks will tell them go f**k off!
DavidDvorkin
(19,480 posts)7. If they knew what was in my banc account, maybe I'd get fewer ads in my e-mail.