The Facebook Privacy Thread

[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.

[bewitched]

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).

Well yeah...unless your friends visit certain websites.

I guess my problem isn't so much that a website I have chosen to log into looks at my info (if I don't opt/log out) but I have a big problem with a website I've never even visited pulling whatever info my FB friends are privy to (different from public, i.e. "everyone" info) whenever one of them goes to visit (without ever even pressing a "like" button.)

I mean honestly, with all of the uproar about the "like" thing, how many people even know that there are 3 sites out there that require nothing more than a visit by a friend (and is FB going to say when they add more or do I need to go check everyday?)? And how big of a leap is it before it doesn't matter whether or not you're logged in or out...that you are IDed by FB by your IP?

I don't mind having to opt in or out when I am informed of privacy changes but I resent having to go on a treasure hunt to find what the new policy really is. And frankly, has FB said how long they've been partners with Yelp, Pandora and MS docs? They could have been pulling info for months before anyone noticed.

[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