Comments on: Facebook selling your information? http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Larson http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-366021 Jason Larson Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:14:59 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-366021 People please stop these companies by working to create a law against data extortion. This is how it works: Because you have given facebook your information not only will you be enabling facebook to sell your information but you will also have to pay to have it secured. 1. Intelius collects your personal information from various sources, including their biggest client which is Facebook and public records. 2. Intelius sells your personal information to anyone who wants it on its network of background check sites, which includes Zabasearch, USSearch, PeopleLookUp, LookUpAnyone.com, and PublicRecords.com 3. If you pay for a subscription to TrueRep, Intelius will then block your information from appearing on its network of sites. People please stop these companies by working to create a law against data extortion.

This is how it works:

Because you have given facebook your information not only will you be enabling facebook to sell your information but you will also have to pay to have it secured.

1. Intelius collects your personal information from various sources, including their biggest client which is Facebook and public records.

2. Intelius sells your personal information to anyone who wants it on its network of background check sites, which includes Zabasearch, USSearch, PeopleLookUp, LookUpAnyone.com, and PublicRecords.com

3. If you pay for a subscription to TrueRep, Intelius will then block your information from appearing on its network of sites.

]]> By: Spook http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-186085 Spook Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:27:41 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-186085 Facebook is nothing more than a CIA data mining op. Facebook is nothing more than a CIA data mining op.

]]> By: some guy http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-155214 some guy Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:36:15 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-155214 actually if you get rid of the checkmarks the makers of facebook will still own ur personal information actually if you get rid of the checkmarks the makers of facebook will still own ur personal information

]]> By: April http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-153644 April Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:49:34 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-153644 Has no one really thought about the fact that you can save your mobile & house numver on their system. EVEN you card details its ridiculous click account on settings and manage credit cards you can add all your cards the numbers ect along with your address... if you entered them u might aswell give them your pin so they can copy your card.. why would a social network really NEED your card details. you can hardly forget your card details sinc their ON YOUR CARD. only one that finds that a bit dodgy? Has no one really thought about the fact that you can save your mobile & house numver on their system. EVEN you card details its ridiculous click account on settings and manage credit cards you can add all your cards the numbers ect along with your address… if you entered them u might aswell give them your pin so they can copy your card.. why would a social network really NEED your card details. you can hardly forget your card details sinc their ON YOUR CARD.

only one that finds that a bit dodgy?

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-144843 Harold Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:49:34 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-144843 Louise, check the FB license agreement and get legal advice if you're concerned. As I said before, you shouldn’t put online what you don’t want the world to see, or use. Louise, check the FB license agreement and get legal advice if you’re concerned. As I said before, you shouldn’t put online what you don’t want the world to see, or use.

]]> By: Louise http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-144837 Louise Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:07:46 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-144837 I heard that facebook can sell your posted photos to advertisment companies. Is this true? I heard that facebook can sell your posted photos to advertisment companies. Is this true?

]]> By: Matt http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-135893 Matt Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:37:31 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-135893 I posted this as a note on Facebook and they have now deleted it from my profile!! Surely that's censorship and/or illegal?! I posted this as a note on Facebook and they have now deleted it from my profile!! Surely that’s censorship and/or illegal?!

]]> By: jay http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-122141 jay Fri, 25 May 2007 01:41:11 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-122141 this is the same stupid reaction that came out of the myspace legal bullshit, regarding the content posted and the licenses and sub licenses etc etc. The key thing is that for people who don't know about digital content, you have to have clauses like that to ensure the legal copying of content from servers to servers, and even cache on a user's browser. If someone viewing the content can save it, then sub licenses have to be granted as well. the video link leaves out half of each paragraph that it is quoting... for example : "You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content." this is the same stupid reaction that came out of the myspace legal bullshit, regarding the content posted and the licenses and sub licenses etc etc.
The key thing is that for people who don’t know about digital content, you have to have clauses like that to ensure the legal copying of content from servers to servers, and even cache on a user’s browser. If someone viewing the content can save it, then sub licenses have to be granted as well. the video link leaves out half of each paragraph that it is quoting… for example :

“You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content.”

]]> By: Bill Fitzgerald http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-120110 Bill Fitzgerald Mon, 14 May 2007 13:19:22 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-120110 The reason an open source platform is better is because, if you have strong concerns, you can get the source code and host it yourself. If you host it yourself, you have full control over the data, any data mining activities, etc. Open APIs such as Facebook's Dev API provide another mechanism for tracking use patterns and user behavior, and this information can subsequently be sold. Privacy is only as good as the EULA, the privacy policy, and, at the end of the day, the amount of trust you have that a corporation or organization will tell you the truth. Cheers, Bill The reason an open source platform is better is because, if you have strong concerns, you can get the source code and host it yourself. If you host it yourself, you have full control over the data, any data mining activities, etc. Open APIs such as Facebook’s Dev API provide another mechanism for tracking use patterns and user behavior, and this information can subsequently be sold.

Privacy is only as good as the EULA, the privacy policy, and, at the end of the day, the amount of trust you have that a corporation or organization will tell you the truth.

Cheers,

Bill

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2007/05/facebook-selling-your-information/comment-page-1/#comment-119555 Harold Thu, 10 May 2007 18:51:42 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1151#comment-119555 Colin; I agree, the bottom line is that you shouldn't put online what you don't want the world to see. I think we agree - "anyone (with the proper knowledge) can figure out how to get the information out." That's my point. You can transfer your content in an open source ecosystem. Which is why I recommended that schools and universities offer OS as an option for social networking. Colin; I agree, the bottom line is that you shouldn’t put online what you don’t want the world to see.

I think we agree – “anyone (with the proper knowledge) can figure out how to get the information out.” That’s my point. You can transfer your content in an open source ecosystem. Which is why I recommended that schools and universities offer OS as an option for social networking.

]]>