Wikileaks Founder: Facebook is the most appalling spy machine ever invented
I guess I sort of see his point, but isn't he overstating things? Take Facebook out of the equation, and it's still incredibly easy for intelligence agencies to find out everything about you. They can still tap your phones, do surveillance, check your bank records, bug your home and read anything you write online that doesn't happen to be on Facebook. <i>Maybe</i> Facebook made some of that easier, but it certainly didn't make possible the impossible.