We all know and have known the power of technology.
The interesting thing that showed up for me is that "people who seemed like decent caring individual crossed the line to the Dark Side." Power corrupts? Individuals with amazing technical skills and smarts swapped their "good intentions" for both recognition and money.
Today Digital Briefs publisher this headline: Facebook will stop using facial recognition by default on your photos. Everyone should have known (years ago) that there is "No Free Lunch". There is a price for everything. If something is free, then you, your information and connections are the products being mined and sold.