Comment on Facebook Unsocial ReaderparentComments−jrockway14yWhy?−iamdave14yBecause they've consistently shown they can't be responsible with it. That's why.−jrockway14yI'm interested in specific examples or theoretical concerns, rather than "I said so." This is HN, not Reddit.−anonymoushn14yFacebook will disclose to Alice a list of all people who have Alice in their contact list on their phones (and use the Facebook phone app). I was told by Facebook engineers that this is working correctly.HN discussion: http://hackerne.ws/item?id=3145857There have been other things, but most of them were fixed rather than being called features.−whatusername14yAs an FYI: the canonical URL is http://news.ycombinator.com or in this case: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3145857
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Because they've consistently shown they can't be responsible with it. That's why.
I'm interested in specific examples or theoretical concerns, rather than "I said so." This is HN, not Reddit.
Facebook will disclose to Alice a list of all people who have Alice in their contact list on their phones (and use the Facebook phone app). I was told by Facebook engineers that this is working correctly.
HN discussion: http://hackerne.ws/item?id=3145857
There have been other things, but most of them were fixed rather than being called features.
As an FYI: the canonical URL is http://news.ycombinator.com or in this case: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3145857