Open Information

[Steve G.]

I was not asking you to join Facebook, that part was directed at existing
members.

I also agree with you that a content sharing and dissemination site is not
the right place to keep information private and obscure.

That said, it is one thing for Facebook to know what I am doing, or even the
CIA/FBI/NSA, who is eavesdropping on these services, and another for them to
send user profile and activities info to third party. It is just like the
phone book - I put my number in the public domain so people can find me, but
that does not mean I want someone to collate my number with the
socioeconomic average for my street, then package it and send it to
marketers so they can call me and offer subscriptions for Newsweek.

Z.

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at cohens.org.il>wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 09:03:08AM -0600, Steve G. wrote:
> > This message is about information neutrality and openness, which I find
> to
> > be parallel to open source vs. walled garden approach.
> >
> > I find the attitude of Facebook towards my information distressing. While
> > they have no problem sharing my personal data with marketers, app
> > developers, and strategic partners, which is bad enough, they now limit
> > access to my data that I DO wish to share to BING, but not to Google or
> > other engines.
> >
> > I wrote express my opinion about it here,
> > http://www.words2u.net/pmwiki/?n=Opinion.FreeMyFacebookInfo , and have
> also
> > started a Facebook group to convince Facebook to change their practices:
> > http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_112921682105482&ap=1
> >
> > You are all invited to read/join and express your opinion on the matter,
> > which to me is just as important as net neutrality or free access to
> code.
>
> Just the obvious comment: I will not bother joining Facebook merely for
> that comment. If you want control over your information, Facebook is the
> wrong medium.
>
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