Comments on: Facebook Pushes Out New Privacy Settings http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/12/facebook-pushes-out-new-privacy-settings/ Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing & Computer Security Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ac http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/12/facebook-pushes-out-new-privacy-settings/#comment-160458 ac Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:12:03 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=2347#comment-160458 Some good can come from it as well: The privacy settings were a farce anyway. Once the data is on their server it's on the internet, out of your control and will eventually come back to "haunt" you (like a future employer, some reports indicate the access restrictions never worked like they should, facebook selling backdoor entry? etc). Now they are upfront with it. Everyone will know there is no expectancy of privacy. Some will hopefully act accordingly. Some good can come from it as well:
The privacy settings were a farce anyway. Once the data is on their server it’s on the internet, out of your control and will eventually come back to “haunt” you (like a future employer, some reports indicate the access restrictions never worked like they should, facebook selling backdoor entry? etc). Now they are upfront with it. Everyone will know there is no expectancy of privacy. Some will hopefully act accordingly.

]]> By: Deborah S http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/12/facebook-pushes-out-new-privacy-settings/#comment-160445 Deborah S Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:41:00 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=2347#comment-160445 I'm one who has been leary of social networks from the get-go, Facebook and MySpace in particular. Seemed to me that these would become fertile breeding grounds for criminals and no-gooders of all descriptions, and I don't want to expose myself to it. But, that said, curiosity got the better of me last year and I registered with Facebook, thinking that I could just take a look around and then delete my account. Imagine my shock when they wouldn't let me delete my account! The best they would let me do is deactivate it, which I did after stripping every detail I could find about me out of it, but I was further dismayed that they wouldn't let me change my name or birthdate. I left the email account unchanged because I wanted to have some way to be informed of what was being done with the account. Anyway, I recently got an email from Facebook notifying me that my account had been reactivated, probably when they switched over to this new "privacy" system. So I signed in to see what the fluck was going on. I couldn't see any evidence that anyone had tampered with my Facebook account, but I did see that now they permit you to delete your account, albeit not without flogging you to explain to them in detail why you wanted to leave Facebook. I replied with the minimum number of random keystrokes they would accept, and now it at least appears that I have been deleted. Time will tell. The point of all this ramble? Facebook has little, if any, respect for their members' privacy and freedom to do as they choose. They are yet another entity who wants to control the behavior of massive numbers of people on the internet for their own purposes, with little or no regard to what may happen to those people as a result. They may be the biggest and baddest no-gooder you might tangle with by signing up for their service. At least, I'd say that the thieving of your freedom and inculcation of the masses that this is perfectly alright and to be expected is a really bad thing. I’m one who has been leary of social networks from the get-go, Facebook and MySpace in particular. Seemed to me that these would become fertile breeding grounds for criminals and no-gooders of all descriptions, and I don’t want to expose myself to it. But, that said, curiosity got the better of me last year and I registered with Facebook, thinking that I could just take a look around and then delete my account. Imagine my shock when they wouldn’t let me delete my account! The best they would let me do is deactivate it, which I did after stripping every detail I could find about me out of it, but I was further dismayed that they wouldn’t let me change my name or birthdate. I left the email account unchanged because I wanted to have some way to be informed of what was being done with the account. Anyway, I recently got an email from Facebook notifying me that my account had been reactivated, probably when they switched over to this new “privacy” system. So I signed in to see what the fluck was going on. I couldn’t see any evidence that anyone had tampered with my Facebook account, but I did see that now they permit you to delete your account, albeit not without flogging you to explain to them in detail why you wanted to leave Facebook. I replied with the minimum number of random keystrokes they would accept, and now it at least appears that I have been deleted. Time will tell.

The point of all this ramble? Facebook has little, if any, respect for their members’ privacy and freedom to do as they choose. They are yet another entity who wants to control the behavior of massive numbers of people on the internet for their own purposes, with little or no regard to what may happen to those people as a result. They may be the biggest and baddest no-gooder you might tangle with by signing up for their service. At least, I’d say that the thieving of your freedom and inculcation of the masses that this is perfectly alright and to be expected is a really bad thing.

]]> By: n00b http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/12/facebook-pushes-out-new-privacy-settings/#comment-160408 n00b Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:33:53 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=2347#comment-160408 I noticed this, and have already seen many peoples' profiles open to all and sundry. I'm sure they don't know this is the case, and didn't even really read the information when it came up. I think this is a ridiculous idea, and one which will undoubtedly end in a horrible mess. I noticed this, and have already seen many peoples’ profiles open to all and sundry. I’m sure they don’t know this is the case, and didn’t even really read the information when it came up. I think this is a ridiculous idea, and one which will undoubtedly end in a horrible mess.

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