Comments on: Facebook and privacy http://hcoder.org/2010/05/10/facebook-and-privacy/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: emanchado http://hcoder.org/2010/05/10/facebook-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-368 emanchado Tue, 11 May 2010 22:18:20 +0000 http://hcoder.org/?p=348#comment-368 rvr: Yeah, I have to admit that "Internet privacy" is dangerously close to being an oxymoron :-) Still, Facebook seems to be the other extreme... after attracting a lot of users with a much more "private" service. Also, right now it's very hard, not to say impossible, to be both "social" while using your own servers. I wonder if someone will work in some solution using Opera Unite :-D Tena: thanks :-) I've also done that for now: I've removed most of my data, I have reviewed (again) the privacy settings to tighten them a bit more, and I have removed a bunch of people I didn't have that much contact with in the first place. But I can't stop thinking "what will Facebook change the next time, and when?", and I'd feel more comfortable if I had a good alternative. rvr: Yeah, I have to admit that “Internet privacy” is dangerously close to being an oxymoron :-) Still, Facebook seems to be the other extreme… after attracting a lot of users with a much more “private” service. Also, right now it’s very hard, not to say impossible, to be both “social” while using your own servers. I wonder if someone will work in some solution using Opera Unite :-D

Tena: thanks :-) I’ve also done that for now: I’ve removed most of my data, I have reviewed (again) the privacy settings to tighten them a bit more, and I have removed a bunch of people I didn’t have that much contact with in the first place. But I can’t stop thinking “what will Facebook change the next time, and when?”, and I’d feel more comfortable if I had a good alternative.

]]> By: Tena http://hcoder.org/2010/05/10/facebook-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Tena Mon, 10 May 2010 20:39:42 +0000 http://hcoder.org/?p=348#comment-365 It's been a while since I am considering it too... but after reading your (so interesting btw) article and the declarations of the facebook CEO where he said that "privacy is overrated"(http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/report-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-doesnt-believe-in-privacy/)... makes me think that the best option would be putting just _the_minimum_information_ about us available... the bad news is... and what about our picture where we are tagged? :S rvr, I think that the point is the "italic" font-style that Esteban shows us at point 1 (This is not what I signed up for). Maybe there is no such a thing as privacy... but we have the right to have it, even more when we accept (nor sign) some conditions they can change anytime. Who knows what would happen if these services weren't free of charge... would we have the right of privacy then? Deleting it, it's not an option (yet) due to the reasons you already explain here (so many contacts to lose), maybe it's time to a parallel opensource project don't you think? ;-) -joking- It’s been a while since I am considering it too… but after reading your (so interesting btw) article and the declarations of the facebook CEO where he said that “privacy is overrated”(http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/report-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-doesnt-believe-in-privacy/)… makes me think that the best option would be putting just _the_minimum_information_ about us available… the bad news is… and what about our picture where we are tagged? :S

rvr, I think that the point is the “italic” font-style that Esteban shows us at point 1 (This is not what I signed up for). Maybe there is no such a thing as privacy… but we have the right to have it, even more when we accept (nor sign) some conditions they can change anytime. Who knows what would happen if these services weren’t free of charge… would we have the right of privacy then?

Deleting it, it’s not an option (yet) due to the reasons you already explain here (so many contacts to lose), maybe it’s time to a parallel opensource project don’t you think? ;-) -joking-

]]> By: rvr http://hcoder.org/2010/05/10/facebook-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-363 rvr Mon, 10 May 2010 18:59:52 +0000 http://hcoder.org/?p=348#comment-363 Maybe there is a privacy expectancy problem: people think is safe to post private contents on the Internet. Well, we knew *it is not*. We can blame Facebook default settings, rightly so. But the main source of concern should be your direct contacts, who can resend and repost anything they can see, whether you want it or not. Google CEO received much criticism because he said "there is no such thing as privacy in the Internet". If you want to control your contents, setup your own server. Of course, that's not an option for the 99,9% of Facebook users. Maybe there is a privacy expectancy problem: people think is safe to post private contents on the Internet. Well, we knew *it is not*. We can blame Facebook default settings, rightly so. But the main source of concern should be your direct contacts, who can resend and repost anything they can see, whether you want it or not. Google CEO received much criticism because he said “there is no such thing as privacy in the Internet”.

If you want to control your contents, setup your own server. Of course, that’s not an option for the 99,9% of Facebook users.

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