Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
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Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#2The fact is that I'm not sure that people totally believe what they are doing will hold up in a court of law. The thought that it might and it is so easy to do, coupled with the herd mentality (all of their friends are doing it), make posting something like this seem to have no downside, but only upside. After all, wouldn't you hate to be the one rube whose privacy is invaded because you didn't simply post something to your wall? To someone with little understanding of technology and law, it's like Pascal's Wager (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager), right?
Of course, my opinion of these friends of mine drops, but what do they care about that? :)
Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#3The terrible thing about this: it's the sign that users have absolutely zero clue about online privacy and facebook terms and conditions.
Some of my friends (and not the stupidest ones) posted this and really thought they were safe after that...
Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#4"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"
-Joshua
Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#5As written, the notice would forbid Facebook from even showing your posts and details to your friends.
Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#6The fact is that I'm not sure that people totally believe what they are doing will hold up in a court of law. The thought that it might and it is so easy to do, coupled with the herd mentality (all of their friends are doing it), make posting something like this seem to have no downside, but only upside. After all, wouldn't you hate to be the one rube whose privacy is invaded because you didn't simply post something…
Your last point is actually quite alarming: I have often been told that in order to be successful, I should surround myself with people much smarter than I am. But, when I see all these Facebook notices and FREE $500 COSTCO GIFT CARD shares, I can't seem to shake the feeling that I have thus failed in life.
Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#7The fact is that I'm not sure that people totally believe what they are doing will hold up in a court of law. The thought that it might and it is so easy to do, coupled with the herd mentality (all of their friends are doing it), make posting something like this seem to have no downside, but only upside. After all, wouldn't you hate to be the one rube whose privacy is invaded because you didn't simply post something…
Your last point is actually quite alarming: I have often been told that in order to be successful, I should surround myself with people much smarter than I am. But, when I see all these Facebook notices and FREE $500 COSTCO GIFT CARD shares, I can't seem to shake the feeling that I have thus failed in life.
"Like if you support this child with cancer, keep scrolling if you want everyone them to die".
JUST EFF THE EFF OFF.
Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#8That little thing (sometimes huge thing) people put at the end of their emails that "this is confidential" is also pointless as you cannot enter into a confidentiality agreement that way.
Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#9This reminds me of the "No copyright intended" quote people would put on YouTube videos.
Re: Posting a notice on your Facebook wall will not protect your privacy rights
#10> Cancel your Facebook account.
> (Note that in the last case, you may have already ceded some rights which you cannot necessarily reclaim by canceling your account.)
I forgot about that. :(