Facebook: Agent of the Government, and the Devil?

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and some of his underling mouthpieces say they have made a few mistakes, but all is bliss, and that millions of users have nothing, absolutely nothing to be concerned about. It's my opinion that the world's largest spy agency has plenty to hide, while considering that users have nothing to hide. Even if they want to. Same story, different day. Just in the first week of December 2011, according to FoxNews.com, "Facebook settled with the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly exposing details about users' lives without getting legally required consent. In some cases, the FTC charged, Facebook allowed potentially sensitive details to be passed along to advertisers and software developers prowling for customers. Now, a surprising security hole in Facebook allows almost anyone to see pictures marked as private, an online forum revealed late Monday. Even pictures supposedly kept hidden from uninvited eyes by Facebook’s privacy controls aren’t safe." After a brief flirtation with Facebook, I quit it because of their seemingly calculated missteps, empty promises, and meaningless apologies (much like the Obama administration). It is now popular for companies and agencies to do as they damned well please, then ask for forgiveness when caught than to ask permission to perpetrate shenanigans in the first place. It's a new era in the lying and privacy theft businesses. It's not pretty. But obviously lucrative.