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Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare

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

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Post by S4M »

graeme wrote: post #17
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.

Is there a reliable way to stop this browser tracking, apart from quitting Facebook?

I might be wrong, but you could use a dedicate browser for facebook and nothing else.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

graeme wrote: post #17
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.

Is there a reliable way to stop this browser tracking, apart from quitting Facebook?

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

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Post by leftnode »

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…

Alternatively, I'd never want to work for someone who judged me entirely on some off color humor or silly photos on Facebook.

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

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Post by johnnymonster »

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.

Interesting that you believe FB can magically track 100% of your browsing history even if you are not logged into facebook and not on a site with FB integration. However, this is something google does for sure. Thanks to chrome and search integrations in other browsers.

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

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Post by johnnymonster »

Tichy wrote: post #7

How would Facebook know who likes porn (except assuming everybody likes porn, obviously)? Those who say so on their Facebook profile are presumably not very concerned about that information leaking out?

They really only know if you like porn if you like a page that has the word porn in it. The statement in this post is a little broad.

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

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Post by johnnymonster »

bilbo0s wrote: post #11
Tichy wrote: post #7

How would Facebook know who likes porn (except assuming everybody likes porn, obviously)? Those who say so on their Facebook profile are presumably not very concerned about that information leaking out?

Well... Most are logged into FB when they browse their porn, so FB definitely knows what porn and how often the user browses it. Whether or not that info would end up in the graph, I don't know. I don't THINK it would? Not sure. In any case, FB definitely HAS the information. Just a matter of whether they would let anyone else have it. I could see it being a valuable "background check" type service. Actually, now tha…

I would really love for you to prove that FB or any other website for that matter can sniff the site traffic of any other window or tab that you have open, when you are logged into facebook on another window/tab. Cookies and history are locked by domain, plain and simple. Unless you have a conspiracy that FB is planting spyware on peoples computers.

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

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Post by loudmax »

TheCapn wrote: post #26
loudmax wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

Yes, it does depend on the situation. If you depend on your job and you think your boss is looking for an excuse to fire you, I wouldn't blame you for keeping your head down. But that should be a somewhat exceptional circumstance. For typical work situations, that shouldn't be the default mode. Society is what we make of it and we should push back against repression. Naturally, this means tolerating views we disagree with.

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

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Post by venomsnake »

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.

Disclaimer - I am a foreigner not living in US so I use the most reliable sources to educate myself about US culture - Jon Steward and Stephen Colbert.

By liking I was referring in the way most guys also like powerful cars or F1. Or battleships, planes, carriers, ICBM and the Death Star. They are outstanding pieces of engineering combining some of the best thoughts of some of the smartest people on the planet.

Sadly because it seems in the last 15 years the US Congress is the place where moderate opinions and sanity go to die, due to the wild partisanship and the toxic pollution coming out of the media and the ability of everyone to be outraged about everything all the time the moderate voices have hard time being heard, or even existing because they are pushed to the extremes.

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

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Post by sanderjd »

leftnode wrote: post #33
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…

Alternatively, I'd never want to work for someone who judged me entirely on some off color humor or silly photos on Facebook.

Many people need to work for someone they don't want to work for.
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