Data Quote by Jan Koum

Facebook collects a lot of data from people and admits it. And it also collects data which isn't admitted. And Google does too. As…

— Richard Stallman

We Facebook users have been building a treasure lode of big data that government and corporate researchers have been mining to predict and influence…

— Douglas Rushkoff

As we all become increasingly reliant on social networking websites and new technologies to stay connected, it's important to remain cognizant of how private…

— Michael Bennet

I'm worried about privacy - the companies out there gathering data on us, the stuff we do on Twitter, the publicly scrapeable stuff on…

— Michael Arrington

Facebook is by far the largest of these social networking sites, and starting with its ill-fated Beacon service, privacy concerns have more than once…

— Michael Bennet

Facebook's data trove is enviable, and its moves into nearly every aspect of our lives - from payment to media, will create even more…

— John Battelle

Everyone knows, or should know, that everything we type on our computers or say into our cell phones is being disseminated throughout the datasphere.…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Whether it's Facebook or Google or the other companies, that basic principle that users should be able to see and control information about them…

— Eli Pariser

Facebook's position with rival tech companies boils down to this: if you want access to all the information we've collected, strike a deal with…

— Daniel Lyons

Facebook's the real deal. Nobody can buy Facebook now. Everybody has taken an angle at it. But Facebook may be the place that organizes…

— Barry Diller

The best thing that would happen is for Facebook to open up its data. Failing that, there are other ways to get that information.

— Eric Schmidt

Digital technology is both arousing and distancing. We don't look at the users on the other side as people. They aren't - they're just…

— Douglas Rushkoff