YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
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YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
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Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#2I'm wondering if Facebook will allow for an Instant Personalization partner to ask the user to opt-in before accessing the data. I love the idea of making things more fluid for those who want it, but I worry that this is the type of service that will alienate as many as it will endear.
Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#3This is very frightening news. Even if I did want this feature at all (I don't), I would still be extremely concerned that some site that I might wind up on will capture any personally identifiable about me when I really don't want them too.
Hopefully this link is lacking in some critical details in regards to seurity and privacy. It's one thing if I put info into a particular site, but very not cool if other sites can basically ask about me and get information back.
Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#4This is very frightening news. Even if I did want this feature at all (I don't), I would still be extremely concerned that some site that I might wind up on will capture any personally identifiable about me when I really don't want them too. Hopefully this link is lacking in some critical details in regards to seurity and privacy. It's one thing if I put info into a particular site, but very not cool if other sites c…
FWIW, it has been months since facebook's privacy settings made headlines. I think anyone that cares should have and likely has adjusted their privacy settings to keep unwanted information out. That, or taken the smarter path of keeping things they don't want others to see off of facebook
Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#5This is very frightening news. Even if I did want this feature at all (I don't), I would still be extremely concerned that some site that I might wind up on will capture any personally identifiable about me when I really don't want them too. Hopefully this link is lacking in some critical details in regards to seurity and privacy. It's one thing if I put info into a particular site, but very not cool if other sites c…
FWIW, it has been months since facebook's privacy settings made headlines. I think anyone that cares should have and likely has adjusted their privacy settings to keep unwanted information out. That, or taken the smarter path of keeping things they don't want others to see off of facebook
I'd consider myself pretty tech-savvy, and I'm still unsure how exactly to do that. The last I heard, I had to individually block each site that I didn't want my data shared with, and the only three I've seen mentioned are Yelp, Pandora, and Microsoft Docs. Is there some place I can monitor for new additions? Or is there a way I can just say, "block all apps by default unless I explicitly enable them?"
Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#6Does this RFS apply to any web application which integrates with Facebook in a mutually beneficial way, or specifically with instant personalization on a third party site (application's site)?
Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#7Does this RFS apply to any web application which integrates with Facebook in a mutually beneficial way, or specifically with instant personalization on a third party site (application's site)?
This particular RFS is for the more specific case of using Instant Personalization.
Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW, it has been months since facebook's privacy settings made headlines. I think anyone that cares should have and likely has adjusted their privacy settings to keep unwanted information out. That, or taken the smarter path of keeping things they don't want others to see off of facebook
I'd consider myself pretty tech-savvy, and I'm still unsure how exactly to do that. The last I heard, I had to individually block each site that I didn't want my data shared with, and the only three I've seen mentioned are Yelp, Pandora, and Microsoft Docs. Is there some place I can monitor for new additions? Or is there a way I can just say, "block all apps by default unless I explicitly enable them?"
http://www.facebook.com/#!/settings/?tab=privacy§ion...
Click "Edit your settings" down at the bottom left.
Click "Edit your settings" on the "Instant Personalization" setting.
Uncheck the box on the next page.
Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW, it has been months since facebook's privacy settings made headlines. I think anyone that cares should have and likely has adjusted their privacy settings to keep unwanted information out. That, or taken the smarter path of keeping things they don't want others to see off of facebook
I'd consider myself pretty tech-savvy, and I'm still unsure how exactly to do that. The last I heard, I had to individually block each site that I didn't want my data shared with, and the only three I've seen mentioned are Yelp, Pandora, and Microsoft Docs. Is there some place I can monitor for new additions? Or is there a way I can just say, "block all apps by default unless I explicitly enable them?"
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Re: YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd consider myself pretty tech-savvy, and I'm still unsure how exactly to do that. The last I heard, I had to individually block each site that I didn't want my data shared with, and the only three I've seen mentioned are Yelp, Pandora, and Microsoft Docs. Is there some place I can monitor for new additions? Or is there a way I can just say, "block all apps by default unless I explicitly enable them?"
http://www.facebook.com/#!/settings/?tab=privacy§ion... Click "Edit your settings" down at the bottom left. Click "Edit your settings" on the "Instant Personalization" setting. Uncheck the box on the next page.
I've done that, but I was remembering some posts (e.g. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/how-opt-out-facebook-s-...) that claimed that was insufficient. It seems it depends on how much you want to block; even if you opt out of instant personalization, the API will still let apps slurp some data through your friends (though not data deemed private), unless you've also explicitly blocked that app. The main thing missing seems to be a way to block all apps except a whitelisted set. You can blacklist apps, or you can opt out of apps entirely (there's a setting to turn off app access completely), but you can't block-by-default and then whitelist.