{"id":985418,"date":"2021-11-08T14:59:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=985418"},"modified":"2021-11-08T14:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:59:24","slug":"protonmail-ceo-mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-is-still-all-about-sucking-up-your-personal-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protonmail-ceo-mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-is-still-all-about-sucking-up-your-personal-data\/","title":{"rendered":"ProtonMail CEO: Mark Zuckerberg&#039;s &#039;Metaverse&#039; Is Still All About Sucking Up Your Personal Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprotonmail-ceo-mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-is-still-all-about-sucking-up-your-personal-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=985418&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Andy Yen, the CEO and founder of the encrypted email service ProtonMail recently warned against the privacy issues relating to Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s digital \u201cmetaverse.\u201d Yen didn\u2019t hold back, saying:&nbsp;\u201cFacebook talks about privacy because it\u2019s a PR issue for them. At the end of the day, their business model revolves on taking your data and monetizing it. So there is fundamentally always going to be a conflict between what they say and what they actually have to do to make money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/zuckerberg-facebook-metaverse-privacy-protonmail-1645530\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that Andy Yen, the CEO and founder of the encrypted email service ProtonMail, recently warned against trusting Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s new \u201cmetaverse.\u201d Zuckerberg has previously stated that&nbsp;\u201cPrivacy and safety need to be built into the metaverse from day one,\u201d but Yen is skeptical.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18507186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18507186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Zuckerberg introduces Meta (Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6912167\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/zuckerberg-facebook-web-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6912167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/zuckerberg-facebook-web-getty.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking to&nbsp;Newsweek at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Yen stated:&nbsp;\u201cFacebook talks about privacy because it\u2019s a PR issue for them. At the end of the day, their business model revolves on taking your data and monetizing it. So there is fundamentally always going to be a conflict between what they say and what they actually have to do to make money.\u201d Yen added:&nbsp;\u201cThere\u2019s no way to ever get around their conflict unless they change their business model, and they\u2019re not going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking about the metaverse, Yen stated that he thinks the idea is \u201cworthy of mockery in some aspects,\u201d but warned that the privacy issues relating to the platform should be taken seriously. \u201cBut it\u2019s also insidious in many ways. What is Facebook actually doing? What is the purpose? Facebook\u2019s issue today is they don\u2019t control their destiny,\u201d Yen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey depend on other platforms, other devices to reach their customers, whether it\u2019s iPhone, the Chrome browser,&nbsp;Google&nbsp;Search, whatever it may be,\u201d he continued: \u201cWhat they\u2019re doing with the metaverse is really they\u2019re building a new infrastructure where they control everything. They control the device, they have the VR headsets, you\u2019re now in their world, on their devices, on their platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/07\/28\/facebook-explains-its-plans-for-the-metaverse\/\">reported extensively<\/a> on Zuckerberg\u2019s plan to create a single walled garden for users.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart reported in July:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>Bosworth noted that there is \u201ca lot of work to be done to bridge these worlds that will ultimately form part of the Metaverse,\u201d and that he looks forward to seeing what this new group can accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>From initial descriptions, it seems as if the Metaverse is focusing heavily on seamless communications and interaction between users worldwide combining existing Facebook products and services like Oculus VR and Facebook Gaming. Mark Zuckerberg and his company have their sights set far beyond current internet technology.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/zuckerberg-facebook-metaverse-privacy-protonmail-1645530\">Newsweek here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Yen, the CEO and founder of the encrypted email service ProtonMail recently warned against the privacy issues relating to Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s digital \u201cmetaverse.\u201d Yen didn\u2019t hold back, saying:\u00a0\u201cFacebook talks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-985418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}