Surprised? Don't be. Reportedly, Max Schrems an Austrian national, law student, and the bane of all things Facebook, has come to the unequivocal conclusion, by way of evidentiary document release in the European Union: Nation States are mining Facebook data;.
Remember, you are Facebook's inventory, not the customer. Oh, and on a side note, congratulations are in order for the latest data gathering inititive from Facebook, with the company's purchase of Instagram, perhaps soon-to-renamed FacetaGram. Now, All Your Photos Are Belong To Us, and Thems...
"...An Imperva report slated for release on Tuesday explains hackers can analyze these records, including connections between "friended" business partners and colleagues, to map out the hierarchy of different organizations. "The organizational structure can be used for corporate espionage, foreign-government and even military intelligence," states a draft reviewed by Nextgov.." via Nextgov's Aliya Sternstein