Part of the issue is privacy policies tend to creep and become increasingly more opaque.
I think a better rule of thumb is that you cannot trust Facebook or companies like them to ever respect your privacy or that of people they can link to you tangentially on any level. If you’re willing to sacrifice your privacy and that of your family/friends, and you understand that Zuckerberg himself thinks people who use his service are “dumb fucks”, then you’re going in with your eyes open.
Part of the issue is privacy policies tend to creep and become increasingly more opaque.
I think a better rule of thumb is that you cannot trust Facebook or companies like them to ever respect your privacy or that of people they can link to you tangentially on any level. If you’re willing to sacrifice your privacy and that of your family/friends, and you understand that Zuckerberg himself thinks people who use his service are “dumb fucks”, then you’re going in with your eyes open.
I agree that it is almost impossible these days to trust big corporations. Google and Meta are at the top my no trust list.