So previously your private information went to Google/Samsung or HTC or Motorola/Your carrier, now it will go to Facebook/Google/Samsung or HTC or Motorola/Your carrier?
Facebook Home destroys any notion of privacy
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#13If this is a problem for you, then don't use it.
You don't get it man, there won't be a choice. You will be forced to use Facebook Home.
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#14Some thoughts:
1) this article is based upon hypothetical notions about what Home "may" do, despite it being not even released yet
2) Google has collected user data for ages via Android for Google Now and few complained about privacy issues -- all data from its various accounts are aggregated into one centralized location to target ads more effectively for users. If you're really going to cry about privacy issues you need to be fair here and hold everyone accountable, and not just sites you may not like.
3) The majority of people may not care, frankly -- people optimizes their utility differently.
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#15"This future is going to happen – and it is too late to debate. However, the problem is that Facebook is going to use all this data — not to improve our lives — but to target better marketing and advertising messages at us." A little sensationalized? It's most definitely a strong mix of both sides, not everyone at Facebook is "evil". Honestly I think most of us can agree Facebook on average is useful service that has…
Does creating their own launcher give them any data on non-FB applications used on the phone?
Not automatically, no. But in theory they could see who you call if they built their own dialer, see who you text if they build their own SMS client (Messenger already does this), etc. etc.
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#16It's concerning to me, because I'm worried about this social network creep over our phones. Of course, I'm not going to install this crap, but if Facebook Home proves successful for Facebook, will Google move in the same direction? (Yes.) We've already seen Google kill off Google Reader in hopes of driving more traffic to Google Plus.
This is what prevents me from getting too invested in a mobile ecosystem like Android or iOS. I like smartphones, but I want the device to serve me, not Google or Facebook's advertisers.
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#17i will just say that Firefox OS cannot arrive quickly enough.
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#18I'm not sure why I would allow Facebook on to my phone in the first place, let alone to run the whole show. Their privacy record isn't exactly great and runs contrary to their business model.
I don't trust their app (look at the email address change nonsense), let alone a bigger one, and the page renders just fine in a mobile browser. I also find the whole "ping me when a close friend does or says anything" aspect of the app as I've seen others use it to be a little obsessive and possibly even creepy.
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#19I want to know how permissions will be handled on Facebook Home when preinstalled. Going through the play store, you will more or less see what you are agreeing to (likely, a huge list of everything possible). But preinstalled?
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#20Some thoughts: 1) this article is based upon hypothetical notions about what Home "may" do, despite it being not even released yet 2) Google has collected user data for ages via Android for Google Now and few complained about privacy issues -- all data from its various accounts are aggregated into one centralized location to target ads more effectively for users. If you're really going to cry about privacy issues you…
> few complained about privacy issues
Everyone complains about Google's privacy issues. I remember having a class discussion on it a couple of years ago.