Report: Facebook Monitors Your Chats for Criminal Activity

Post by Jach » Fri, Jul 13, 2012, 1:55 AM UTC

samstave wrote: post #19

rationalbeats wrote: post #12

I'm not a criminal, I am a a pretty mundane guy actually, but of course we live in a society that every single one of us breaks some small law every day. Which is why I stopped using Facebook. I also stopped using Twitter to tweet. I still use it to follow news sources, I just don't actively tweet. I did that after the NYPD won a court case to see all the private messages you send on Twitter. I also don't comment muc…

I have never had a facebook account. Never have - never will. I distrust everything they do. And while we like to think that other sites are not as bad, I was recently censored on Quora for asking about why a post was censored on Reddit. They threw some "against policy" bullshit at me, and Marc Bodnick attempted to appear sympathetic and that his hands were tied and he didnt like the policy either - but it was a BS r…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 13, 2012, 1:56 AM UTC

rationalbeats wrote: post #12

I'm not a criminal, I am a a pretty mundane guy actually, but of course we live in a society that every single one of us breaks some small law every day. Which is why I stopped using Facebook. I also stopped using Twitter to tweet. I still use it to follow news sources, I just don't actively tweet. I did that after the NYPD won a court case to see all the private messages you send on Twitter. I also don't comment muc…

Post by Jach » Fri, Jul 13, 2012, 1:57 AM UTC

joering2 wrote: post #34

zethraeus wrote: post #6

The Mashable article seems to be sources from a Reuters article. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-usa-internet-pr... The program does appear to focus on sexual predators. Mashable quotes Facebook as stating “where appropriate and to the extent required by law to ensure the safety of the people who use Facebook" Can anyone speak to whether or not proactive scanning could possible be required by law? It see…

the problem lays within who decide who is a "sexual predator", who is not. I can assure you if this is left without governance, it will be very easy to slip in you and me and label as as predators as well. For example, you hold a hand of your 6-year old nephew when walking back from school when picking him up, per your sister request. In Facebook standards, you may already be a "sexual predator". I hope you see where…

Post by chefsurfing » Fri, Jul 13, 2012, 2:00 AM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #44

It's been clear in my mind for some time now that Facebook is desperately doing anything possible to stay plugged into our internet lives. Their attempted take-over of email, which will probably lead to some success, only reinforces this. I think they see the writing on the wall -- that newer services will take over older ones -- and are doing anything they can to stay top dog. What we need is an abstraction layer on…

Post by melvinmt » Fri, Jul 13, 2012, 2:01 AM UTC