Global Security Watch > Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con - Facebook - Gawker
[Gawker: valleywag] Facebook's 350 million+ users are being greeted by the dialog below, an "Important... Privacy Announcement" that "simplifies" and "adds" privacy controls:
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[Pop News Daily] Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con: Thus, Facebook will become an endless series of privacy decisions and dilemmas. It’s enough to make you rush into the open arms of Twitter.
[CERIAS Combined Feed] CERIAS : Talking to the Police All the Time: In "Preserving your privacy and more", November 27 2009. Accessed at http://nestmannblog.sovereignsociety.com/2009/11/stupid-facebook-tricks.html James Duane (2008) Don't Talk to Police. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik Ryan Tate (2009) Google CEO: Secrets Are for Filthy People. Accessed at http://gawker.com/5419271/google-ceo-secrets-are-for-filthy-people Cryptome. Accessed at http://cryptome.org/. Tags for this post: Post a comment (2 so far) » ...
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[Gawker] How to Exact Online Revenge, As Taught by the Wall Street Journal ...: Just delete his Facebook privacy settings, and set his status to, "Moving back to my mom's because my wife caught me cheating with a woman from work." Answer his friends questions, as him, and then have "him" disparage his own physical attributes. He might even come crawling back and later tell the Wall Street Journal he's totally OK with what you did.
[Mark Flavin's Internet Marketing Blog] Google's New View On Pirvacy: If You've Got Something You Don't ...: That is what Google's CEO Eric Schmidt had to say in a CNBC with Maria Bartiromo with regards Google & your privacy. You can watch a video of the interview at Gawker.
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[Consumerist: Top] Facebook Reverts Back To Old Terms Of Service - The Consumerist: The problem is not limited to Facebook, of course: it's why I won't do photoprinting with (for example) Snapfish. They say, "As a condition to your Membership, you hereby grant Snapfish a perpetual, universal, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to copy, display, modify, transmit, make derivative works of, and distribute your Content, solely for providing or improving the Service" and "Snapfish may amend these Terms at any time, for any reason, and without notice, including the right to terminate the Service or any part of the Service." No thanks!
[Gawker] How To Exact Online Revenge, As Taught by the Wall Street Journal ...: Just delete his Facebook privacy settings, and set his status to, "Moving back to my mom's because my wife caught me cheating with a woman from work." Answer his friends questions, as him, and then have "him" disparage his own physical .
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