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Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by SkyMarshal »

bilbo0s wrote: post #12
silverbax88 wrote: post #8

I don't want to sound mean, but if people aren't smart enough to keep their lives out of Facebook, then let them get burned. It's not rocket science. I've had a Facebook account for years and there is nothing - absolutely NOTHING -on my Facebook account that I would worry about an employer seeing. That means no political views, no off-color humor, NOTHING that I would not say or post in public, in broad daylight. I w…

Keep in mind that FB can, and does, track your browser usage whether you are logged in or not. So even though some info may not currently be in the graph, they certainly have a pretty good dossier covering everything you do on the internet. It's not only what you put on your FB that counts, it's anything you have done on the internet from a browser.

I didn't realize they could track you even when logged out. I only ever log into FB with Chromium Incognito mode, but apparently that's not enough.

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by paulgb »

venomsnake wrote: post #6

Well ... if they are male chances of liking porn and guns are so high that you shouldn't bother searching. And in the last 10 years the notion that everybody is a freak in his numerous personal ways began to take hold anmog the populace. But the institutions became more easily offended and prude. But I suppose with the inevitable dieout of the current gen of employers the next just won't bother with searching ... it…

There are lots of guys who don't like guns. I've only lived in a few liberal US cities so maybe my perception is skewed, but I (as a Canadian) thought the gun-loving american stereotype largely represented a minority.

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by amaxerlite »

the solution is simple, don't put anything online you don't want anyone to see, this should be known by now.

Also this is the most wretched and terrible website layout I've ever seen, I couldn't even finish the article and will never return to this site.

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by kahawe »

silverbax88 wrote: post #8

I don't want to sound mean, but if people aren't smart enough to keep their lives out of Facebook, then let them get burned. It's not rocket science. I've had a Facebook account for years and there is nothing - absolutely NOTHING -on my Facebook account that I would worry about an employer seeing. That means no political views, no off-color humor, NOTHING that I would not say or post in public, in broad daylight. I w…

Set everything to private, don't let your profile show up publicly and don't add anyone from work - problem solved?

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by loudmax »

silverbax88 wrote: post #8

I don't want to sound mean, but if people aren't smart enough to keep their lives out of Facebook, then let them get burned. It's not rocket science. I've had a Facebook account for years and there is nothing - absolutely NOTHING -on my Facebook account that I would worry about an employer seeing. That means no political views, no off-color humor, NOTHING that I would not say or post in public, in broad daylight. I w…

> That means no political views, no off-color humor, NOTHING that I would not say or post in public

Yikes! I totally get not posting things on public websites that you wouldn't post in public. But you really shouldn't be afraid to make your political views public, and even off-color humor has its place. I don't share the same political views as my employer, but we have mutual respect for each other.

I guess if you're a holocaust denier or a birther or a 9/11 truther or something you may not want to make too much noise about it. But even if your views are somewhat fringe, you shouldn't be ashamed of what you believe.

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by TheCapn »

loudmax wrote: post #25
silverbax88 wrote: post #8

I don't want to sound mean, but if people aren't smart enough to keep their lives out of Facebook, then let them get burned. It's not rocket science. I've had a Facebook account for years and there is nothing - absolutely NOTHING -on my Facebook account that I would worry about an employer seeing. That means no political views, no off-color humor, NOTHING that I would not say or post in public, in broad daylight. I w…

> That means no political views, no off-color humor, NOTHING that I would not say or post in public Yikes! I totally get not posting things on public websites that you wouldn't post in public. But you really shouldn't be afraid to make your political views public, and even off-color humor has its place. I don't share the same political views as my employer, but we have mutual respect for each other. I guess if you're…

Depends on your situation.

While we all want to think its nice we have political freedom and can make jokes among friends, if the information leaked to the wrong person (anal boss out to get you?) it isn't anymore about where the information comes from, its about protecting your rights and (possibly) source of income. If everyone played by the rules and kept their nose out of everyone else's business this wouldn't be a problem but I'm sure you know just as well as I do that there are always people out there looking for ways to bend the rules.

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by omni »

paulgb wrote: post #22
venomsnake wrote: post #6

Well ... if they are male chances of liking porn and guns are so high that you shouldn't bother searching. And in the last 10 years the notion that everybody is a freak in his numerous personal ways began to take hold anmog the populace. But the institutions became more easily offended and prude. But I suppose with the inevitable dieout of the current gen of employers the next just won't bother with searching ... it…

There are lots of guys who don't like guns. I've only lived in a few liberal US cities so maybe my perception is skewed, but I (as a Canadian) thought the gun-loving american stereotype largely represented a minority.

Gun ownership seems to be in the high 40% range according to Gallup data.

http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/07/21/the-declining-cultu...

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by TheCapn »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #21
bilbo0s wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keep in mind that FB can, and does, track your browser usage whether you are logged in or not. So even though some info may not currently be in the graph, they certainly have a pretty good dossier covering everything you do on the internet. It's not only what you put on your FB that counts, it's anything you have done on the internet from a browser.

I didn't realize they could track you even when logged out. I only ever log into FB with Chromium Incognito mode, but apparently that's not enough.

I believe -and people can correct me if I'm wrong- the way they do it is through all the sites with integrated Facebook items: "Share this", "Comment" etc. The cookies they use to track you are sitting on your drive regardless of your facebook status (logged in/out) and can simply be retrieved the next time you log in or link accounts.

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by walshemj »

venomsnake wrote: post #6

Well ... if they are male chances of liking porn and guns are so high that you shouldn't bother searching. And in the last 10 years the notion that everybody is a freak in his numerous personal ways began to take hold anmog the populace. But the institutions became more easily offended and prude. But I suppose with the inevitable dieout of the current gen of employers the next just won't bother with searching ... it…

or society becomes more and more self censoring if your thesis was true we should seen a decline in say drug testing for standard non sensitive jobs already.

Re: Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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Post by walshemj »

silverbax88 wrote: post #8

I don't want to sound mean, but if people aren't smart enough to keep their lives out of Facebook, then let them get burned. It's not rocket science. I've had a Facebook account for years and there is nothing - absolutely NOTHING -on my Facebook account that I would worry about an employer seeing. That means no political views, no off-color humor, NOTHING that I would not say or post in public, in broad daylight. I w…

so why are you not posting with your real name on here then?
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