Facebook Confirms Data-Sharing Deals With Chinese Tech Firms (wsj.com)

Facebook confirmed this week that it struck data partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics firms, including Huawei, a telecommunications-equipment maker that U.S. officials view as a potential tool for state-sponsored spying. WSJ: The four partnerships are among the roughly 60 that Facebook struck with device manufacturers starting in 2007 so they could recreate the Facebook service on their devices, a Facebook spokeswoman said. As of Tuesday, more than half of those partnerships have been wound down, the spokeswoman added. The social-media company said it plans to wind down its data-sharing partnership with Huawei by the end of the week. It isn't clear when Facebook will end partnerships with the three other companies: Lenovo, the world's largest personal-computer maker; Oppo, a smartphone maker; and Chinese electronics conglomerate TCL.

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Re:am I the only one who's not concerned?

[XSportSeeker]

It's not about people like you. It's about the aggregate data and what businesses have been doing with all that, plus the underground economy that came out of these sorts of deals.
Let go of the "I have nothing to hide" mentality and look at the bigger picture.