Facebook Gave Data Access to Chinese Firm Flagged by U.S. Intelligence

[DonViejo]

Source: The New York Times



By Michael LaForgia and Gabriel J.X. Dance
June 5, 2018

Facebook has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics companies, including a manufacturing giant that has a close relationship with China’s government, the social media company said on Tuesday.

The agreements, which date to at least 2010, gave private access to some user data to Huawei, a telecommunications equipment company that has been flagged by American intelligence officials as a national security threat, as well as to Lenovo, Oppo and TCL.

The four partnerships remain in effect, but Facebook officials said in an interview that the company would wind down the Huawei deal by the end of the week.

Facebook gave access to the Chinese device makers along with other manufacturers — including Amazon, Apple, BlackBerry and Samsung — whose agreements were disclosed by The New York Times on Sunday.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/technology/facebook-device-partnerships-china.html

[turbinetree]

1. Fuck Facebook..........................I mean really.............

why would you do that , that means you have no fucking principles.......................none..................and your business model was based on what kind of platform shit....................here you go, we got this data you might be interested in.....................I am so glad that I do not have a profile in that platform.........................that is just fucking irresponsible........................just based on greed....................................

[Civic Justice]

2. Money..... we often forget is the madness that has Driven America into many VILE things

Money Madness

[turbinetree]

4. Yepper, spot on..................and lack of common sense

[Botany]

3. But Facebook is running that cute ad now telling us how nice they are and stuff.

Don't forget that the Steele Dossier also spoke of Trump's ties to China too.

Facebook's story about some bad apps and security problems is bull shit they
worked with hostile foreign powers in order to rig our elections, drown us
in lies, and make billions off its members data.

http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/features/how-facebook-was-harnessed-to-micro-target-voters-and-promote-donald-trump

Theresa Moore Hong, the Trump campaign’s Digital Content Director, “Without Facebook, we wouldn’t have won.
Facebook really and truly put us over the edge,” said Hong. “Facebook was the medium that proved most successful
for this campaign.”

[lagomorph777]

8. Sure, very convincing. I always believe criminals when they tell me they're innocent.

[jpak]

5. One more reason why I will NEVER do Facebook

or use home spy devices.

nope!

[kimbutgar]

7. I stopped doing facebook 2 months ago

I no longer trust them. But I will not deactivate my account because of old friends and family who contact me on messenger.

[lagomorph777]

9. It always sounded very shady to me - I never did any social media

and I certainly will not start now.

[kimbutgar]

10. My husband refuses to do Facebook.

I searched his name on the internet and while he comes up as a common name no social media. And when I do Facebook I refer to him only as my husband if I post a picture of him.

[lagomorph777]

11. I wish my wife was as smart as your husband.

I hate the idea of anything about our family being shared with the RW criminals at Facebook (and their cronies in China, Russia, and who knows where else).

[raven mad]

6. LOL! The Chinese.......

now have some great photos of my kitties!

[riversedge]

12. Trump is OK with this..Afterall he got ZTE back to work regardless of National Security risks.....

Trump's ZTE reversal flouts warnings from top national security officials http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-trump-zte-reversal-national-security-20180514-story.html