Comments on: The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco

By: lfabris

lfabris — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:31:02 +0000

there is a privacy app for facebook that might help. i haven’t used it be read about it in this article that lists apps for parents (like tracking offenders,product recalls, etc). http://www.lawf...ender-apps.html

By: lfabris

lfabris — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:29:23 +0000

there is a privacy app for facebook that might help. i read about it in this article http://www.lawf...ender-apps.html (along with some other helpful apps for parents like tracking sexual offenders, product recall alerts, etc). thought it might help as well although I’ve never used it. have you?

scroll down in the article to see the apps.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:31:30 +0000

Wanderby.com looks to be on the right path.

By: Lani

Lani — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:12:26 +0000

Facebook is starting to suck. Now, they’ve taken off Regional Networks. My friend can’t even join now. There is clearly ways you can have your profile still private when you join a region, it’s called go into your account privacy, duh!

They actually removed regional networks, read this
http://www.alis...r-you/#more-819

and join this group if you want them to bring it back

http://www.face...id=142196041935

By: Canadian Privacy Commissioner Says Facebook Is Full Of Holes | Disinformation

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:08:10 +0000

[...] may want to read our post on “The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco” for more context. We also recently reported on independent European advisory body on data [...]

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:33:17 +0000

oh Facebook, it’s not you, it’s me.

http://onesalty...you-its-me-lol/

By: Twitter Tweaks Terms Of Service, “Your Tweets Belong To You” « Data Entry

Twitter Tweaks Terms Of Service, “Your Tweets Belong To You” « Data Entry — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:38:14 +0000

[...] The privacy clause about Tweets is big, considering this was a significant issue for Facebook. Twitter has deflected talk of advertising on on the platform in the past, but it seems pretty clear that they’re looking into it now as a real source of income as they strive for revenues. Stone addressed the issue of Twitter’s revenue recently, which is a complex issue. [...]

By: Twittter Tweaks Terms Of Service, “Your Tweets Belong To You”

Twittter Tweaks Terms Of Service, “Your Tweets Belong To You” — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:17:14 +0000

By: Stalkerbook « Lots of cool stuff online

Stalkerbook « Lots of cool stuff online — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:24:47 +0000

[...] as “stalker book” to one degree or another. There have been countless issues with the privacy issues with facebook and there will probably be loads more facebook privacy issues to follow. Then there’s the [...]

By: Behind the Weather Wall » Fan of…. fewer fan pages on Facebook

Behind the Weather Wall » Fan of…. fewer fan pages on Facebook — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:10:53 +0000

[...] In the U.S. it looks like we are willingly giving up our privacy rights, but Europe is a bit more leery and perhaps we should be too. I love the title of this article: The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco. [...]

By: 【jp】情報の公開と非公開のジレンマ…SNSは過渡期的な文化にすぎないか？

【jp】情報の公開と非公開のジレンマ…SNSは過渡期的な文化にすぎないか？ — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:50:20 +0000

[...] そして、その新方針の中で、とくに今後問題になりそうなのが、各ユーザのステータスアップデートを一般公開するオプションだ。公開対象をEveryone（インターネット上のすべての人）と指定するので、Everyoneオプションともいう。Facebookとしては、サイトの、そして情報の、社会的利用価値を高めるために、指定はなるべくEveryoneにしてほしいのだ。 [...]

By: Facebook Makes Baby Steps Towards Its Twitter-Like ‘Follow’ Feature

Facebook Makes Baby Steps Towards Its Twitter-Like ‘Follow’ Feature — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:58:38 +0000

[...] Hopefully this will all clear up once Facebook deploys its much-anticipated new privacy features, which will bring with them more control and hopefully a more intuitive experience. However, that update will also feature a heavier emphasis on sharing with everyone — something that I think may wind up leading to even more problems. [...]

By: Facebook Makes Baby Steps Towards Its Twitter-Like ‘Follow’ Feature | Stoth

Facebook Makes Baby Steps Towards Its Twitter-Like ‘Follow’ Feature | Stoth — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:03:01 +0000

By: CrHoMa.org » Blog Archive » Canadian Privacy Commissioner Says Facebook Is Full Of Holes

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:03:12 +0000

[...] may want to read our post on “The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco” for more context. We also recently reported on independent European advisory body on data [...]

By: Glenn Friesen

Glenn Friesen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:51:11 +0000

Then Jeff Goldblum gave his own eulogy on the Colbert Report. In the end, it’s great source material!

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:42:37 +0000

P.S. Sorry for my bad, bad enlglish, havent given much practice in writing.

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:40:42 +0000

I have been reading many sites/blogs/mails, etc. about the privacy policies issues that facebooks has been developing, most of the discuss how the company will use it for bussiness purposes, and i would like to point out another fact that i have not seen.

You see, most of you are saying that FB/Google/Yahoo/whateverthehellcompany will use the information given freely by the users. But what happens when kidnappers gangs/thughs/mafia/etc get a free look in this database?

I might sound paranoic, but in my country there have been cases in which a daughter or a son of an important bussinessman was kidnapped using the information they posted on FB, which was EVERYTHING. So, if you have think about what every teen/child? posts on facebook, think about what YOUR childern posts (if u have em)

So anyways, just my 2 cents.

By: Canadian Privacy Commissioner Says Facebook Is Full Of Holes | Geek News and Musings

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:21:22 +0000

[...] may want to read our post on “The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco” for more context. We also recently reported on independent European advisory body on data [...]

By: Canadian Privacy Commissioner Says Facebook Is Full Of Holes

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Says Facebook Is Full Of Holes — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:52:58 +0000

[...] may want to read our post on “The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco” for more context. We also recently reported about independent European advisory body on data [...]

By: Time to Facebook the Music

Time to Facebook the Music — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:05:06 +0000

[...] in an attempt to make Facebook more competitive with Twitter (according to TechCrunch), the newest option is to make content accessible to “everyone.” Not everyone on [...]

By: Norman

Norman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:58:00 +0000

Davis Havyatt – I hardly think keeping your nose clean is cyberspace and not uploading daft pictures of yourself would be considered uncool in the future. In the future the last man standing on earth who dosn’t have a social network will hold all the cards. He’ll be invisible, he can google you or me and find out everything but we won’t be able to know anything about him.

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to disappear”. – Kevin Spacey in ‘The Usual Suspects’

By: Ralph the creepy stalker type

Ralph the creepy stalker type — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:35:08 +0000

me thinks it will make it easier for stalkers to see what you’re up to.

when people start hitting everyone thinking ‘everyone on my friends list’

(rubbing hands and sitting patiently)

By: MB

MB — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:32:17 +0000

This is the least of my concerns with privacy on Facebook. I’d like to know how they’re connecting me to people that they would have no knowledge of any existing or previous relationship (like the person who lived below me for three months). I have only given Facebook minimal information (no employment history, etc) Also I’d like to know why my FB news feed has failed to work properly for several weeks and yet I can’t get in touch with support to resolve the issue. Face it, Facebook has jumped the shark just like Myspace. FB can no longer handle the volume it has and it lost any pretense of caring about users (and it barely had a pretense). As the BOL podcast predicted, FB’s day in the sun is done and now we all start jumping ship.

By: Oh Dear Oh My!

Oh Dear Oh My! — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:55:28 +0000

I was upset when Friendster.com became a ghost town of abandoned profiles. I was not so happy with the public nature of Myspace, so Facebook became the best alternative. It was only within the last year that many of my early-thirty something age group of friends all congregated to Facebook, some kicking and screaming and most already disillusioned with social media and it’s fickle/ nomadic like trends. I had 380 friends on Friendster and have about that many on Facebook. I don’t want to have to spend another year re-finding my friends on some other flimsy vulnerable site. Unfortunately, I may have to if others leave Facebook in droves. On behalf of Generation X I protest public profiles. Just stay the same. Be a rock for society!!

By: led display

led display — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:23:08 +0000

just in case users start over-sharing with reckless abandon