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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Facebook's new push triggers even more privacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Wed Apr 21 20:26:40 2010
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:01:26 -0700
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Facebook's new push triggers even more privacy questions
( http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03407.html )
http://bit.ly/cbQ1Q4 (Search Engine Land)
I have a Facebook account. I don't use it. Basically the only
information I'm willing to share with Facebook is my password for
accessing Facebook. And the only reason I do that is because, uh,
well, I couldn't log in without it. Which I rarely bother to do.
(Which reminds me, if you've ever tried to "Friend" me on Facebook,
don't hold your breath for a response -- I routinely ignore everything
Facebook sends out.)
The reason is simple and basic. I have a fundamental distrust of
Facebook's "core values" related to privacy. At every stage, they've
attempted to manipulate rather than treat these issues in an honestly
straightforward manner.
That's why when it comes to entrusting someone in the Cloud with any
privacy-sensitive data, I'll take Eric Schmidt over Mark Zuckerberg
any day.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
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