Why I’m not deleting my Facebook account

Facebook is dumb and bad and, as we’ve learned with even more clarity this week, evil.

And I’m not leaving.

Yes, the Cambridge Analytica scandal is bad. But it’s also just the latest in a seemingly endless parade of ways in which, if you aren’t willing to go Unabomber-level off the grid, your information is rather terrifyingly vulnerable.

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I’m curious how many of the people frantically deleting their accounts — and scolding those of us who haven’t — own an Alexa or a Google Home or even just a smart TV? You know, the appliances with microphones constantly on in your home.

How many of them have lines of credit, use Uber, wear a Fitbit, shop at Target or have a Sony PlayStation? All of those modern advents have been targets of massive data hacks in the recent past.

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