The Facebook Privacy Thread

[Alex]

Nope, oddly enough they're both numeric strings.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

After reading all that, it seems that if you log out of Facebook before going out to the web you can avoid having your data pulled. Your data is accessed via FB code on the other website (as GD explained earlier).

Before these changes Yelp and Pandora were already doing this type of data sharing. I think OpenTable was too.

I get why the changes are raising questions and concerns but it seems to be a lot of uproar about the lack of privacy when your data isn't being broadcast to the rest of the internet.

Humm.... So in theory, if I isolate Facebook into it's own virtual machine. I might bypass a lot of what bugs me about it.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Humm.... So in theory, if I isolate Facebook into it's own virtual machine. I might bypass a lot of what bugs me about it.

Virtually, yes

[BarTopDancer]

Here's some more info on the new features in an article about Mark Zuckerberg's non belief in privacy.

Then last week at its f8 conference, Facebook announced it was sending user profile information in bulk to companies like Yelp, Pandora and Microsoft. Thus, when users show up at those sites while logged in to Facebook, they see personalized versions of the those services (unless the user opts out of each site, somewhere deep in the bowels of Facebook’s privacy control center). On Tuesday, four Senators asked the company to only push data to third-parties if users agree to it, a so-called “opt-in” that social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google Buzz eschew since it radically cuts down on participation and thus revenues.

Facebook is also pushing a “Like” button, which lets sites put little Facebook buttons on anything from blog entries to T-shirts in web stores.

Clicking that button sends that information to Facebook, which publishes it as part of what it calls the Open Graph, linking your identity to things you choose online. That information, in turn, is shared with whatever sites Facebook chooses to share it with — and to the sites you’ve allowed to access your profile.

I bolded the part I was thinking was true earlier. If you log out of FB before logging into other sites you're data does not get compiled.

The info on the 'like' button is some of the clearest I've seen. Solution - don't 'like' anything on FB.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

So your pet's name isn't Rufus and your mother's maiden name isn't McFlinkenheimer?

How'd you know???

I guess I'll need to change my security questions now! Thanks!

[Moonliner]

Goddammit.

I going to have to start an email campaign to get the major Anti-Virus vendors to classify FaceBook as malicious software. It's not bad enough they share our data whether we like it not, now they are invading my happy place as well.

FaceBook is coming to the Kindle. I'll be able to use facebook and see comments other people are making about the books I'm reading. All I can say is it better be an opt-in feature or the people walking near the six story parking garage next door better watch out cuz this thing is going sailing.

[mousepod]

EFF's timeline of Facebook's privacy policy.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Webcomic PC Weenies on Facebook Privacy

[Gn2Dlnd]

From

Originally Posted by mousepod

EFF's timeline of Facebook's privacy policy.

As Facebook grew larger and became more important...

Is Facebook important? Serious question, as I don't use it. If it is important, why? What makes it important?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Is the LoT important? Are smart phones important? Is the postal service important? (wait, don't answer that last one)

Facebook is used by a lot of people and a lot of people have become accustomed to using it as a primary means of communicating with friends and family. I mean, can you imagine if the postal service started sharing lists of what magazines you subscribe to? Even if they aren't opening your letters, something like that would seriously alter how I view mail service. That's basically what facebook has done.