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Homesteader wrote:Facebook crosses a line for me, I won't do it. I don't like my cellphone either. I love going places where there isn't cell reception like the place we are buying in Alaska. Also, we are going to Mongolia for the next three years. . . lots of places without cell reception there.

Homesteader wrote:Facebook crosses a line for me, I won't do it. I don't like my cellphone either. I love going places where there isn't cell reception like the place we are buying in Alaska. Also, we are going to Mongolia for the next three years. . . lots of places without cell reception there.

Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.), Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) sent a letter Tuesday to Facebook, urging the social networking giant to change the way it gives user data to third-party advertisers.

Last week, changes at Facebook made data from its users available to third parties unless a user opted out, the lawmakers said. That means, they said, the default for most users is for private information to be available to advertisers and other third parties.

"Social networking sites are a Wild West of the Internet; users need ability to control private information and fully understand how it's being used," the lawmakers wrote in a news release.

Revi wrote:There are some great peak oil pages on there, and a lot of Transition folks.

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

Zuck: Just ask.

Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuck: People just submitted it.

Zuck: I don't know why.

Zuck: They "trust me"

Zuck: Dumb f*cks

The founder was then 19, and he may have been joking. But humour tells you a lot. Some might say that this exchange shows Zuckerberg was not particularly aware of the trust issue in all its depth and complexity.

Young will have to change names to escape 'cyber past' warns Google's Eric Schmidt

The private lives of young people are now so well documented on the internet that many will have to change their names on reaching adulthood, Google’s CEO has claimed.

Eric Schmidt suggested that young people should be entitled to change their identity to escape their misspent youth, which is now recorded in excruciating detail on social networking sites such as Facebook.

"I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time," Mr Schmidt told the Wall Street Journal.

The 55-year-old also predicted that in the future, Google will know so much about its users that the search engine will be able to help them plan their lives.

Using profiles of it customers and tracking their locations through their smart phones, it will be able to provide live updates on their surroundings and inform them of tasks they need to do.

"I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next."

Jotapay wrote:Using profiles of it customers and tracking their locations through their smart phones, it will be able to provide live updates on their surroundings and inform them of tasks they need to do.

"I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next."

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The study of 100 students ranked participants based on levels of narcissism and self-esteem. It revealed that those who ranked high for narcissism almost universally spent more time logging into and updating their Facebook profile.

The study, which defines narcissism as "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration and an exaggerated sense of self-importance," seems common sense enough as Facebook is seemingly the perfect tool for bragging and showing off.

How students deemed to have low self-esteem used Facebook was more surprising.

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Hamburg rejects Facebook facial recognition

The Hamburg data protection authority on Tuesday ruled that Facebook’s facial recognition feature, which attempts to identify people in photos uploaded to the site, violates German privacy laws.

Johannes Caspar, the head of the authority, said Facebook should not be collecting users’ biometric data – such as their face shape and the distance between their eyes – without getting their explicit consent. He has demanded that the social networking site change or disable the feature. All data collected so far should be deleted.

Mr Caspar has given Facebook two weeks to respond. If the company is unable to make changes, Mr Caspar said the Hamburg authority would consider bringing legal action against it. The German courts can impose fines of up to €300,000 ($426,397) for privacy breaches.
The Hamburg ruling could encourage data protection authorities across Europe to act. The Irish, UK and Berlin privacy officials are also looking into Facebook’s facial recognition feature, as is the Article 29 Working Party, a group of officials that advises the EU on privacy policy.

“The problem is not with the facial recognition itself, but the data that is stored in the background to allow the system to recognise a face,” Mr Caspar told the Financial Times. “Facebook needs to design a new kind of system to get consent from people before their data is stored.”
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/14007238-bd29-11e0-9d5d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Tx7JKs00

It's just sad that a group with almost 3,000 members is filled with such a retarded bunch. It's too bad. Aw well, better chance of me having a spot in an ecovillage while these retards wait for the tooth fairy :D !