Tim Cook on Facebook's privacy mishaps: 'We'd never make our customers the product'

Facebook's privacy and security habits - you know, the same ones that have been going on ever since FarmVille was popular - is suddenly the focus of attention for everyone, including Apple's CEO Tim Cook. He recently sat down for an interview, and, when asked what he would do if he was Mark Zuckerberg now, quickly replied: "I wouldn’t be in this situation." Pressed again, he clarified the point further: "We could make a ton of money if our customer was our product. We’ve elected not to do that."

After all, the whole privacy kerfuffle started only after it became clear that Facebook ...