What to do...
So I wanted more info on the whole Facebook privacy issue that has come up. Part of my job is network security so I also have a proffesional interest in this. So far I have found nothing to tell me this mess is all a big confusion about some update to their privacy policy. Want an example? Do a Google search for "zuckerberg called facebook users
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Never have they done this to me, and yes I check regularly.
Re: Sharing data:
Of course - that's how they make their money with the advertisers.
Re: Sharing with partners:
This is not new - catalogs, membership based organizations, state/fed agencies (like unemployment, welfare, the census, etc), credit bureaus, shopping 'discount' cards, supermarket cards, any website you've ever logged into all do this. The difference is that for some reason in the past few years people have begun believing that what they put online is 'safe' and that other people can't see it. I dont' know why they have believed this - nobody has ever given a reason for it to be believed before.
Thank you for the website re: facebook, here are a few others that I routinely check out:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/consumer-protection/big-brother-is-watching/overview/index.htm
(it has different sites on it)
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If you check the enclosed link, you will see how the availability of user data changed over time. With each one of those changes, the privacy settings changed and the new sharing levels were automatically set to the most permissive. The ones you had already set might not have changed, but all of the new ones gave away all of your data until you noticed a change.
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And as for PayPal-not only have I lost hundreds of dollars, I know other who have lost their entire life savings. Not only that but I know for a fact my credit card information has been once lost (phone call about it) and 4x sold - due to letters I've received and odd charges. So... for the record THAT is what I worry about for me. Advertisors knowing where I am and what I'm interested in - I appreciate it, now maybe I'll get less crap and more things I can use. And other people knowing, I've assumed that it's been going on for about 7 years So, I've already been through this panic.
We'll just have to agree to disagree. For it is obvious that neither of us as being swayed.
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http://www.aboutpaypal.org/paypal_lawsuit
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