. >> kara swisher is the editor of all things digital, a website about high tech in silicon valley. you know, i wonder if facebook can exist if it doesn't invade privacy. >> that's right. that's exactly right. >> so it needs to invade privacy. the issue is transparency, isn't it? >> kind of, yes. >> how up front they are with the users. >> that is, i think, mark's one weakness, and i think that was why he got so nervous in the interview we did. >> okay, you want to take off the hoodie? >> she's referring to this conference where she grilled mark on privacy in an interview she calls a "sweat-o-palooza." >> whoa. >> he had, like, flop sweat, and it was really quite disturbing, actually, to watch. >> she was pushing him to admit that facebook is misleading about its privacy policies-- an issue that comes up time and time again. >> now, do we get it right all the time? no! but it's something that we take really seriously, and, you know, every day we come to work and just try to do a good job on this. and yet, you've got the ftc looking into it. you have members of congress looking into

. >> this is the report from kara swisher at all things digital. that's where this emanated from.hey're targeting public relations, weaker regional efforts. how successful can they possibly be? i mean is there a future and a viable one at that? for yahoo at this point? >> i think there can be. but nobody is going to give this company the benefit of the doubt. the company has been trying to transform itself for a long time. this is another new ceo we've had a few over the last number of years. so people need to see what the plan is. and then actually see them execute against it you should not get ahead of this and say, hey, just because they're firing people, they've solved their problem. they clearly haven't. >> doc? >> quick question about the paypal mafia we hear that a lot, especially from the private equity firms about how much they respect folks that came out of there. similar situation here. and people will probably give them enough rope to hang himself at least. and will they give him enough time to hang himself? >> you have a backstop because you have the asia assets, that