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hediggmeMar 19, 2011
Probably counting every story I digg
jakewright14Mar 20, 2011
Today you'll digg a story about the new ipad, and tomorrow every website you visit will have an ad for it.
jaminscriptMar 19, 2011
Good for them.
I have nothing to hide, and even if I did I wouldn't put it on the net.
trax852Mar 19, 2011
Have you read the DIGG's TOS? I was going to report twitterfollower
but digg might be part of it. It's of no surprise to me.
I've always read TOS's, I've noticed a change in that every site
is doing something with your data to make a buck.
Your alway able to OPT out, and it will/should be in the TOS,
romane02Mar 19, 2011
Facebook doing all these data to help them probably with advertising for business.
po43292Mar 19, 2011
no way, you think???
nygenxerMar 20, 2011
And the government.
pdemmertMar 20, 2011
why did this never go viral...plus...i wonder what its validity is...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B37wW9CGWyY
nygenxerMar 20, 2011
I've seen that video before. I think everyone on facebook is being suckered (or should I say, "zuckered"?)
The gov't/law cannot collect this kind of data on its citizens however they can buy it from a private company, a practice going back at least as far as the 2000 elections with ChoicePoint and Database Technologies.
Good post. :)
atomic1fireMar 20, 2011
I think federal/state tax forms, your social security number, the local bank, the postal service, etc, are probably a bigger concern then just Facebook.
How much mail comes in reaping with personal data.
How much you make, and things like Medicare.
Maybe not so much when everything is electronic, but then it scares some people even worse that their personal data is on some server, just so some bank doesn't have to keep everything on paper.
Facebook only get's what you give facebook.
I'm not paranoid, but I think there are far more reasons to freak out about everything else, then just pay per click.
nygenxerMar 20, 2011
"Facebook only get's what you give facebook."
FB follows your web browsing. You don't have to be logged in - hell, you don't even need to have an account - every page with the FB logo on it has a FB cookie that collects your data as you browse. Secondly, FB has whatever your friends, family and co-workers post on you as well. It seems that every few months FB comes up with a new plan to screw with their user's privacy.
Even if it were the case that "Facebook only get's what you give facebook", people get tattoos that they regret despite knowing full well how permanent it is when they got it. Don't you have pics of you and your ex girlfriends in a box somewhere? Not anymore: with FB and google, they're out in the public domain forever, along with every bad picture of you doing something stupid [read: drunk]. That s**t is open 24/7 365 to everyone everywhere forever!! If that's not a reason to freak out, my friend, I don't know what is.
[I'm greatly disturbed by those under 18 having access to FB: remember the semi-fictitious "permanent record" your elementary school teacher used to warn you about - the one that would follow you throughout your entire life...?]
Just think for a moment: why/how can a messageboard possibly be worth >$50B? Their only asset is YOUR data and as it is their only asset, they will use it. IMO, $50B is a big warning flag. That's a lot of scratch to dismiss to dismiss with a "So what?"
I don't really share your concerns with SSI, IRS and the post office, but unsecured databases are a real problem. The fines for lost/stolen data should be increased to astronomical. Unfortunately, we don't have a right to privacy like the Europeans do, nor do we have any control over our data like they have.
I do think it's downright creepy to assign newborns an SS#. Why not just put a f**king barcode on their fontanelles or an RFID chip in their backside or a bovine ear-tag while they're at it?
atomic1fireMar 20, 2011
I'm not totally concerned about it, but the government has tons of data already, and potentially has access to even more.
BradLafeverMar 19, 2011
really interesting
dionysianslumberMar 19, 2011
I'm not worried about my address or my phone number really. It's those photos of me having a good time (smoking, drinking, partying, etc.) that I am worried that future employers could discover and use it to sack me, or not employ me.
I have removed my name from the search function so employers cannot see my profile - even after I've put it on full-privacy settings.
What I've heard that has worried me though - is that a friend-of-a-friend (this is how all these stories start!) had his employer demanding him that he 'friended' him otherwise he put a mark against his name. I wouldn't want any employer to see the stuff I've got up to - I refused my previous coworkers because I worked in quite a conservative environment.
casper_mottozoaMar 19, 2011
The Roman Empire... (fast-forward several centuries) ... AOL, Sony, MySpace, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook... what goes up must come down.
casper_mottozoaMar 19, 2011
The data is only "valuable" to Facebook and it's bed-partners if the data is accurate. Don't put your real address and other real, sensitive information on Facebook. Then you're not affected and Facebook doesn't profit off of you.
darronwolflxMar 19, 2011
Never thought about it but the question is very important to ponder upon, now I'm worried. Such a big network ought to have tight security to protect the privacy of the users.
paddydMar 19, 2011
Don't care, deleted my FB account yesterday. Feels good. No more countless event invitations you don't give a s**t about, no spam messages clogging up your inbox (I get enough spam in my email inbox), no more feeling a bit paranoid about what FB is doing with your information and pictures. No more causing a s**tstorm in your social circle when you delete someone who you don't even talk to when it's really nothing personal, no more reading about how drunk someone got the night before. I came to realise that FB just enraged me rather just being a neat little time-waster.
meccaydnaMar 19, 2011
be warned....your data is still theirs. if you wanted to reactivate your account tomorrow, you'll find everything instantly back where you left it.
paddydMar 20, 2011
There's deactivation of the account and then there's deleting it. It still takes 2 weeks but Facebook deletes everything on your profile, well that's what you're led to believe. After 2 weeks of deleting your profile, you can't recover your account, anyway.
Here's the link:
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
hamncheeseMar 20, 2011
...or you could have just ignored (or filtered) the spam.
Just saying....
paddydMar 20, 2011
Like I wasn't doing that in the first place. Everytime I logged into Facebook I spent 50% of the time filtering spam and that's not what I wanted to use Facebook for. Coupled with the other reasons this is what eventually led me to delete Facebook.
speedyinkMar 19, 2011
Wait..my profile and info is still out there even though I deleted it a month ago? God damn that parasitic disease of a website.
misteratozMar 19, 2011
Making money in the end
Closed AccountMar 19, 2011
Mark Zuckerberg has finally admitted he said the controversial quote mocking Facebook users in the early conception days to trusting him with their information.
"They trust me — dumb f***s," typed Zuckerberg during an instant message chat with a friend.
hamncheeseMar 20, 2011
Was there ever any doubt on this in the first place?
plebesotericistMar 20, 2011
I was surprised when I saw what my facebook friends had watched on break.com after I watched a video. I don't even have an acct with break, but I was logged into facebook in another browser tab.
nygenxerMar 20, 2011
You don't even need to have a facebook account for facebook to follow you.
zachary0611Mar 20, 2011
They are making money with it. lol
chandrababuMar 20, 2011
encroaching our privacy is a great concern
nygenxerMar 20, 2011
Just THINK for a minute: WHY is a message board worth >$50B? The only asset of any value is YOUR INFORMATION and they WILL use it.
Between facebook, twitter and google, Big Brother gets everything he wants, voluntarily and for free.
ieatskunkMar 20, 2011
They are selling the s**t out of it. Most people think the goal of facebook is to make it easy for you to socialize online. It isn't. The goal is to get you to enter as much info about your interests as you can so they can sell that info to targeted advertisers.
Closed AccountMar 20, 2011
*yodle* facebook saves !!!
uhm whether you want or not http://openbook.org
narachinvestMar 21, 2011
Facebook is an interesting social networking sites; and it took six or seven invites from classmates of 3 decades ago to elicit action to open an account on my part.
I am of the view that this amongst other social networking sites and web resources reside in the public domain; quite similar to walking in the park or driving across the city. Of course, it would be prudent to execise caution to ensure safety while in transit.
The same rule would also be applicable to these (social networking sites) amongst the many other web resources available to nitizens in today's time and age.
narachinvestMar 21, 2011
Facebook is an interesting social networking sites; and it took six or seven invites from classmates of 3 decades ago to elicit action to open an account on my part.
I am of the view that this amongst other social networking sites and web resources reside in the public domain; quite similar to walking in the park or driving across the city. Of course, it would be prudent to execise caution to ensure safety while in transit.
The same rule would also be applicable to these (social networking sites) amongst the many other web resources available to nitizens in today's time and age.
narachinvestMar 21, 2011
Facebook is an interesting social networking sites; and it took six or seven invites from classmates of 3 decades ago to elicit action to open an account on my part.
I am of the view that this amongst other social networking sites and web resources reside in the public domain; quite similar to walking in the park or driving across the city. Of course, it would be prudent to execise caution to ensure safety while in transit.
The same rule would also be applicable to these (social networking sites) amongst the many other web resources available to nitizens in today's time and age.