Facebook again botches a data crisis: opinion

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 20, 2017 shows logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook. Facebook said on March 20, 2018 it is 'outraged' by misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica, the British firm at the centre of a major data scandal rocking Facebook, who suspended its chief executive as lawmakers demanded answers from the social media giant over the breach. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE

The worst thing about the latest revelation involving Facebook Inc and its questionable stewardship of people's personal information is that the company has again shown that it never learns from its own mistakes.  

In an article published late June 3, the New York Times reported that dozens of hardware companies such as BlackBerry Ltd and Apple Inc had far more ability to tap information from Facebook user accounts that was previously understood.