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Facebook revises privacy policy, location features coming..
Facebook revises privacy policy, location features coming soon?
The deputy general counsel for Facebook, Michael Richter, announced in a posting that Facebook would be revising their privacy policy again, and giving users a chance to provide feedback on some of the purposed changes.
The post talks about location sharing, which would add a location to something a user posts. This was Facebook’s original intent, but has since changed to the concept of adding a “Place”, such as a page to a restaurant. This is a concept that Facebook is currently testing on some individuals, using QR Codes.
QR Codes can be read through a mobile phone, using its camera. The QR Code can hold information that will be either retrieved in a readable format, or included as a hyperlink to website.
However, Facebook is also planning to introduce a small set of pre-approved websites that will be able to offer users a more personalized experience when users visit their website. The post mentions that these select group of partners would be able to access features only available to them.
Facebook’s proposed privacy policy mentions that if a friend visits one of these selected websites, general information about you and your friend will be collected.
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The deputy general counsel for Facebook, Michael Richter, announced in a posting that Facebook would be revising their privacy policy again, and giving users a chance to provide feedback on some of the purposed changes.
The post talks about location sharing, which would add a location to something a user posts. This was Facebook’s original intent, but has since changed to the concept of adding a “Place”, such as a page to a restaurant. This is a concept that Facebook is currently testing on some individuals, using QR Codes.
QR Codes can be read through a mobile phone, using its camera. The QR Code can hold information that will be either retrieved in a readable format, or included as a hyperlink to website.
However, Facebook is also planning to introduce a small set of pre-approved websites that will be able to offer users a more personalized experience when users visit their website. The post mentions that these select group of partners would be able to access features only available to them.
Facebook’s proposed privacy policy mentions that if a friend visits one of these selected websites, general information about you and your friend will be collected.
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You lack one option - "I don't care, I don't use facebook anyway" Far saver than any privacy option.
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If you knew were i was, i would have to kill you.
Some twitter Apps allow this already. you can let it detect your location and display it as part of a tweet. Its not like FB can detect which shop you are buying lingerie from unless you tell it, so i fail to see what the big deal is.
Some twitter Apps allow this already. you can let it detect your location and display it as part of a tweet. Its not like FB can detect which shop you are buying lingerie from unless you tell it, so i fail to see what the big deal is.
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If they give away my secrets I will have to injure them to death!
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You do realise that you haven't actually given us a yes-I-will-move-away-from-BookFace option, right?
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Stuart wrote:If they give away my secrets I will have to injure them to death!
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As long as Facebook is not peeking thru my bathroom window when I'm in the shower, I don't have any privacy gripes with anything they do.
They offer a service - one which we don't pay for. The trade-off with that is they have to make money to keep supporting and improving it.
So they advertise. Sometimes aggressively, sometimes discretely.
I don't really mind if they log my FB browsing to see what I like to look at and focus the ads I see accordingly.
Hell, I even spend money on useless FB junk. For the past three years I have given my other FB "gifts" that I have to pat $1 for...
It gives my mum some joy, and it helps support a site I derive hours of entertainment from.
Look at Youtube - they track what videos I watch and "suggest" videos in a similar vein... now I can open my Youtube homepage at from the office because all the suggested videos are NSFW
They offer a service - one which we don't pay for. The trade-off with that is they have to make money to keep supporting and improving it.
So they advertise. Sometimes aggressively, sometimes discretely.
I don't really mind if they log my FB browsing to see what I like to look at and focus the ads I see accordingly.
Hell, I even spend money on useless FB junk. For the past three years I have given my other FB "gifts" that I have to pat $1 for...
It gives my mum some joy, and it helps support a site I derive hours of entertainment from.
Look at Youtube - they track what videos I watch and "suggest" videos in a similar vein... now I can open my Youtube homepage at from the office because all the suggested videos are NSFW
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Prime wrote:Its not like FB can detect which shop you are buying lingerie from unless you tell it, so i fail to see what the big deal is.
+1jamin_za wrote:As long as Facebook is not peeking thru my bathroom window when I'm in the shower, I don't have any privacy gripes with anything they do.
Internet privacy is dead. People need to get that into their heads. If you're on the web, your info is there too, and I really don't see the problem with that. I'm okay to have almost anything about me online - pretty much everything except for my home phone number and my address. Beyond that, I don't have anything to hide.
My location is not something I'll post to facebook if I'm at home, but if I'm out of the house, I don't care if facebook knows where I am
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who cares if people know I go to Temptations any way?Prime wrote:Its not like FB can detect which shop you are buying lingerie from unless you tell it, so i fail to see what the big deal is.
Heck yah I don't want them showing us Jamin in the shower either!jamin_za wrote:As long as Facebook is not peeking thru my bathroom window when I'm in the shower, I don't have any privacy gripes with anything they do.
DJV wrote:Internet privacy is dead. People need to get that into their heads. If you're on the web, your info is there too, and I really don't see the problem with that.
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Well then where would you like to see me? Maybe it can be arrangedamericantsm1 wrote:Heck yah I don't want them showing us Jamin in the shower either!
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Got this when I visited Bookface today.
At 23:46 last night someone tried to access my account from the Netherlands using a PC running XP and within Opera. I had to change my password.Please review recent activity on your Facebook account
Your account was recently accessed from a location we're not familiar with. For your protection, please review your recent activity to make sure no one is using your Facebook account without permission.
Reviewing your activity takes just a few moments. We'll start by asking you a couple of questions to confirm that this is your account. (If we recognise your computer, you'll be able to skip this step.)
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0.OIf we recognise your computer, you'll be able to skip this step.
Seeing as South Africa has very few static IP's, I presume they have something other than a cookie identifying me on their networks.
I don't like that.
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The stop using FB
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Either way, if they are correct that the PC was running XP and Opera, it wasn't me. Besides, I was sleeping that time on Saturday night . . . assuming it was 23:46 our time.Anthro wrote:0.OIf we recognise your computer, you'll be able to skip this step.
Seeing as South Africa has very few static IP's, I presume they have something other than a cookie identifying me on their networks.
I don't like that.
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hmmm the bookface is taking on a stumbleupon tumbs up approach - only here it tells your friends what you are up to... and i found out that from my imageshack account (which is on a totally different e-mail and username) i'm logged in as my bookface account - hmmmmmm
but then, google knows it all...
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/ ... pdate.html
but then, google knows it all...
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/ ... pdate.html
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