Comment on Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text

• joshcodes@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Mate. Everyone is the product. Everyone’s attention is being paid for. Every service is collecting your data. Everyone wants your screen time and is happy to pay for it.

  “If it’s free you are the product” has been drilled into us to accept the bullshit of Facebook, Google and the rest. Get it in your head now: you are the product, always. Unconditionally. No exceptions.

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  • tyler@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’re literally using a service there that isn’t the case for.

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• gjoel@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So it’s misdirection. It should be “You’re the product”. Free or not doesn’t matter.

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