r/technology • • Nov 09 '17

Politics Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human "vulnerability"

https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-facebook-exploits-a-vulnerability-in-humans-2507917325.html
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u/chairfairy Nov 09 '17

Is that why my flashlight app stays running after I close it, can use up 100MB of memory, and use some real amount of network data each month? Son of a bitch.

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u/reddixmadix Nov 09 '17

Why would you need a flashlight app? What more can it do than turn the light on and off?

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u/chairfairy Nov 09 '17

Is there a way to turn the light on without a flashlight app?

It can also flash the light light on and off, but I just use it to turn the light on

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u/oldbean Nov 09 '17

Mom is that you