OK, now I’m convinced Facebook is trying to be creepy

[Commentary] What if Facebook is just trolling us, carrying out the biggest social experiment in history by testing the limits of how much privacy-invading creepiness we’ll take before we actually quit using it?

I ask because Facebook’s newest attempt to boost ad revenues — it’s “partner categories” program — seems too dunderheaded a move to be real. A company that’s regularly lambasted and has even been sanctioned by the government for privacy indiscretions is now going to let advertisers place ads based on what users have purchased offline, or at least off of Facebook? And, worse yet, based on public records such as the type of car someone drives? This type of advertising happens all the time, of course, but I just can’t believe it’s for real from Facebook.