The Internet and the Death of Privacy

girl_dee · 09-25-2011, 06:04 AM

The other day I read a book on Kindle, afterwards it asked if I liked the book or not, I clicked yes.

Couple of days later I log onto Facebook and there it is.. *Dee like (whateverbookitwas)* on Kindle *

GOOD Gods! What if that had been a book I didn't want the world to know I was reading? Luckily it was a safe one!

Facebook knows ALL..

JustJo · 09-25-2011, 06:21 AM

I have deleted my Facebook accounts (both personal and the one I made for "work friends")...and don't miss it at all.

Honestly, the drama factor in my life has decreased, my spam box doesn't fill up as fast, and I regained about an hour of my day every day.

My son is on Facebook, and I'm glad he has all the security that's available locked down tight, but I won't be back on it....ever.

JAGG · 10-13-2011, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

The other day I read a book on Kindle, afterwards it asked if I liked the book or not, I clicked yes.

Couple of days later I log onto Facebook and there it is.. *Dee like (whateverbookitwas)* on Kindle *

GOOD Gods! What if that had been a book I didn't want the world to know I was reading? Luckily it was a safe one!

Facebook knows ALL..

Roflol! Hey Cajun can you give us some examples? We need some clarity on that. Ha

SecretAgentMa'am · 10-13-2011, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

The other day I read a book on Kindle, afterwards it asked if I liked the book or not, I clicked yes.

Couple of days later I log onto Facebook and there it is.. *Dee like (whateverbookitwas)* on Kindle *

GOOD Gods! What if that had been a book I didn't want the world to know I was reading? Luckily it was a safe one!

Facebook knows ALL..

Only if you enter your Facebook info into your Kindle. Your Kindle will only post to Facebook if you tell it to.

Dominique · 10-13-2011, 03:37 PM

I deleted fake book today. I almost never looked at it anymore. I cleaned up the cookies and ran a defrag. Not sure if that helped anything or not.....it made me feel like I was getting facebook cooties off of my laptop. I'll clean up my desk top later.

1QuirkyKiwi · 10-13-2011, 04:21 PM

People can look all they want at my profile, I've nothing to hide and nothing to see, either, lol!

girl_dee · 10-16-2011, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by JAGG

Roflol! Hey Cajun can you give us some examples? We need some clarity on that. Ha

Sure, Let's see, hmmm I think it was, "How to Appreciate the Perfect Mother" by Lizzie Borden..

Surely I would never read smut or anything.

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Originally Posted by SecretAgentMa'am

Only if you enter your Facebook info into your Kindle. Your Kindle will only post to Facebook if you tell it to.

Yup, I "undid" that feature! Next I should check into "Kindle for Dummies"

Linus · 10-16-2011, 09:28 AM

I wanted to comment on the FB thing. In Canada FB is actually different in it's behaviour than what it's like in the US. And that is largely due to some laws that are in place to protect an individual's privacy (most notably is Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)). An individual's private "stuff" (whatever that may be) has to be protected by both gov't and corp from being violated by a third party. That's something that doesn't exist in the US.

In fact, the culture seems to accept that an individual's "stuff" has to be protected by an individual. And that may have been an ok viewpoint 30+ years ago, today with the internet not so much. It's a lot harder to know who is giving what to whom. Both FB and Google+ have clauses in the EULA (that's that thing you agreed to when you signed up and that they change when they notify you of those changes, if they notify you) about the fact that once you sign up you agree to allow them the right to use your info as they see fit.

It's interesting how politicians go on about stuff and trying to control the internet and yet, they have no desire or intent on creating this because... well, ain't Americans (is what I've seen historically). It stops the free market from working. That isn't true. The free market is happily working well in Canada. It just makes the free market more responsible about what happens and levels the playing field a bit more for both the seller and consumer.

AtLast · 10-16-2011, 03:12 PM

Thanks Linus for the info about the US and Canadian differences.

I am at the point with FB that I want to close my account not so much to privacy issues, but how whatever it is running in terms of scripts has just been messing with my PC.

I just don't have the tech knowledge to deal with this and to be honest, I don't want to spend time dealing with it unless there is a simple solution that I can understand and use with simplicity. I'm just not of the computer age and although I see the vast positive influences of today's technology, find that I am more apt to close an account on a social networking site that drives me crazy.

I have really enjoyed FB in terms of it being great for me to keep in touch with people- especially our community. I don't want to let this go, but might have to. I wish I had more patience with this stuff.

09-25-2011, 06:04 AM	#1
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10-16-2011, 09:28 AM	#8
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10-16-2011, 03:12 PM	#9
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