Comments on: Facebook Privacy Issue Won’t Die

By: Aulia

Aulia — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:09:56 +0000

Facebook when over…

By: Coverage Online of MyDataIsMyData on TechCrunch and Mashable < Chris Abraham

Coverage Online of MyDataIsMyData on TechCrunch and Mashable < Chris Abraham — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:08:11 +0000

[...] That Nobody Needs The Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to this post about MyDataIsMyData, an upcoming privacy-monitoring [...]

By: MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs

MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:26:49 +0000

[...] Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to this post about MyDataIsMyData, an upcoming privacy-monitoring [...]

By: Roundup of some incredible news: Google, TechCrunch, …and Engadget « Europe 2.0

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:49:05 +0000

[...] his rather long post (complete with legal references): So we’ve been increasingly concerned about developments at Facebook over the last few months that allow advertisers to post ads using my picture and name [...]

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Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:38:27 +0000

[...] we’ve been increasingly concerned about developments at Facebook over the last few months that allow advertisers to post ads using my picture and name [...]

By: Why We’re Suing Facebook For $25 Million In Statutory Damages

Why We’re Suing Facebook For $25 Million In Statutory Damages — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:38:39 +0000

[...] we’ve been increasingly concerned about developments at Facebook over the last few months that allow advertisers to post ads using my picture and name [...]

By: What Happens in Facebook…Can Be Seen By The Police! : EarthFrisk Blog

What Happens in Facebook…Can Be Seen By The Police! : EarthFrisk Blog — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:36:26 +0000

[...] Techcrunch on this very topic said: When news hit last week that Facebook was publishing user information gathered from third party sites (like ecommerce purchases) and publishing in the news feed, my assumption was it would quickly blow over. Facebook is continuously pushing the envelope with new features, and there always seems to be short term backlash when they try something new. [...]

By: Google Poaching Beacon Partners For “Universal Activity Stream”

Google Poaching Beacon Partners For “Universal Activity Stream” — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:33:04 +0000

[...] the Palace Hotel on Yelp” or “Danny signed up for a credit card at Chase.” The privacy police objected, and Facebook has since made it easier for its members to opt out of the [...]

By: styelsz

styelsz — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:27:32 +0000

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By: concerned

concerned — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:01:17 +0000

http://blockthefacebook.com

By: More Facebook Advertisers Bail From Beacon. Plus, New Concerns. teasered @ Feed UP !!

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:09:51 +0000

[...] to be tracked this way or not. And it was the main reason that MoveOn.org made killing Beacon its Cause Du Jour. Since then, Facebook has addressed most of the initial concerns by wisely forcing people to [...]

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:05:01 +0000

FaceBook does what it does because they love their subscribers and only has their best interest at heart!

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

By: dave mcclure

dave mcclure — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:29:16 +0000

sigh.

please fix the comment limit…

anyway.

the issue isn’t privacy… it’s whether Beacon makes a difference for FB in terms of monetization.

By: dave mcclure

dave mcclure — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:28:09 +0000

sorry, you’re wrong Mike…this is a non-story, except among tech & privacy geeks. the # of users MoveOn has gotten to petition is laughingly small compared to overall FB userbase, and/or last year’s News Feed backlash petition… which *also* didn’t matter.

yes, there is a larger privacy issue around multi-site cookie info tracking (re: DoubleClick, others) that *is* a worthwhile issue, but that’s not a FB-specific issue.

and yes, FB is being more aggressive about the opt-out vs opt-in policy.

and yes, i expect FB *will* rollout a universal Beacon opt-out for all Beacon partners… which i’m guessing will be adopted by

By: Shannon Whitley

Shannon Whitley — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:25:51 +0000

Somewhere between the “this is no big deal” crowd and “the government is watching us” folks, there is a real concern here. Today, I saw that a friend had purchased a movie ticket on Fandago to Beowulf. My friend says that she had no idea the information would be posted for all to see.

The controls on this system don’t appear to be working well, if at all. We can make up a lot of funny jokes about this, but after the jokes end, we are still left with a huge invasion of privacy. While I’m fairly open on the net, I really don’t want my friends to know that I bought new socks…or underwear, or condoms. I think it’s fine to opt-in on a per-action basis, but this carte-blanche approach is way over the line.

By: Mark Suckerberg

Mark Suckerberg — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:24:25 +0000

Damn, there goes my lofty valuation…$15B…$10B…$5B… back to my mama’s house I go

By: Techbanyan

Techbanyan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:39:42 +0000

Facebook applications are getting so annoying that went ahead and put them on block. It was Myspace sometime back and now it is Facebook. Just waiting for it to become Fadebook.

regards
TechBanyan.

By: file2fone

file2fone — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:04:22 +0000

Some minimal controls is always desired to run the show.

By: Weldon

Weldon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:12:29 +0000

I have been swapping emails with Facebook’s support about this, and the party line seems to be “we’ll consider it.” Everyone quieted down after they put in some minimal controls over the feed when that whole thing sprung up, and I wonder if the same thing will happen here. They’ll give folks just a little control and pray that it goes away.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:15:45 +0000

OMG. Facebook is publishing users’ private information. I just joined a STD dating site named pozgroup.com. If they are partnered with facebook by any kind of way, and facebook publishs my disease to the public, I have to die. I’d better send the site an email to ask them if they are doing so or have such kind of plan.

By: I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog

I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:30:02 +0000

@16: Isn’t PETA the PETA of politics?

@22: Arrington is very busy running his highly successful website, so you might have to wait a long time for a reply, if he even sees your comment. However, the answers to your three questions are basically the same for all bloggers, so I suggest you do a Yentob and just pretend you interviewed him using these answers.

1. How did you get into blogging?

He had no friends.

2. What drives you to blog about something?

He has no friends.

3. How has blogging affected you?

He never will have any friends.

HTH.

@26: That is absolutely unbelievable. What if you’d rented the hotel room, to, shall we say, meet a lady you weren’t supposed to be meeting? I can just see one of your Facebook friends messaging you “Hey bro, I see you’re taking your secretary to the Lucky Star Motel tomorrow, how about I bring Trish and we make it a four-way?” Not to mention “Greetings. Would you like to make your illicit rendevouz more exciting? Just click here! Regards, Ann Summers and Pfizer.” Followed ultimately by “Your wife wants a divorce. The legal firm of Sue, Grabbit and Runne would like to add you as their friend.”

By: dc crowley

dc crowley — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:41:36 +0000

Come on Facebook, it’s time to move on or else we will.

By: HappySlappy

HappySlappy — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:32:31 +0000

TechFaceCrunch!!!

By: Jordan Mitchell

Jordan Mitchell — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:43:52 +0000

Note the difference between information collection and publishing. Their policy promises your ability to opt-out of the *publishing* but not the *collection* of data. This means they can still collect it, use it and share it with their advertisers (and publisher partners) — and you have no control over it.

There’s a coming train wreck. Just how far will consumers let media companies go with their profiling activities before they demand at least some level of control and/or user value directly coupled to the effort?

By: kareem

kareem — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:16:20 +0000

“But that reduces the value of the service to third parties who supply the information to Facebook, and get free links in return.”

But it increases the value to Facebook’s *real* customers, the users. If they want people to opt-in, either make it unobtrusive or make it so damn valuable that people *have* to opt-in or they’re missing out on something huge.