On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:50:00AM -0700, Joshua Lutes wrote: > Why don't you just have a minimal account so you can look at such things? > You don't have to post anything, you know, and you don't have to log in > everyday. I don't understand what the big deal is. Sure they leak data > like a sieve but only the data you give them in the first place.
There is no such thing as a minimal Facebook account. They create lists of your acquaintances, what you click on, and what pictures you're in. When people send you messages, they don't give you any way to forward them to your normal email account. If you accidentally forget to log out, then they start sending information to other websites you visit. And they're always coming up with new ways to collect and leak information about you. When I had a Facebook account, it was what you would call minimal but not what I would call minimal. :) -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
