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Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by ceejayoz »

eaxbin wrote: post #7
nohuck13 wrote: post #5

Klout: "To opt out of Klout, please verify the you are the owner ... Note that we request only the bare minimum information provided by Twitter or Facebook for authentication." Facebook: "Klout Opt-Out would like to access your public profile and friend list. " I've never done Facebook OAuth. This isn't really the bare minimum is it?

It is not.

You're incorrect. It's a very frustrating part of Facebook's authentication process - it's not possible for a developer to say "I really don't care about their friends list, don't give me it".

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/login/public-...

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by ceejayoz »

spot wrote: post #73

doesn't google do the same thing? i don't see the problem here. they collect public info, run it through their proprietary algo, and try to monetize the results. so what?

Google doesn't give you a Google+ page that looks like you deliberately created it but is actually based on whatever they could find about you.

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by nwh »

Deestan wrote: post #11

No, I am not going to opt out. 1. A system in which I personally have to contact every scammer that had the same idea is not a system I wish to accept and play along with. 2. By going to their site and authenticating, I have proven to them that I am a) an active user and b) there is a chance they may hold some power over me by collecting my data. While they may make a "promise" not to store my data, they can toss the…

The odd bit is, you can still see users that have gone through the opt out process. Their handle is just replaced by a tilda and some sort of internal ID.

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by decklin »

Unlike most people, I have a protected Twitter account (my tweets are not public). In order to "opt out", I have to authorize their app to be able to read all my tweets! Insane.

I guess I'll just continue to hope they're not building a "shadow profile" on me based on my friends' public tweets (and pretending said profile doesn't exist... I don't appear to have one, anyway).

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by tommorris »

thegna wrote: post #61
cbr wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can generally get the page deleted only if it doesn't meet their criteria for a biography of a living person. Asking permission or being acceptable to the subject aren't in the criteria. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP_deletion_process

Let's say I'm a well-known person in my field, somebody created a Wikipedia profile page for me, the page does meet their criteria for a biography of a living person and the page has been there for years. Is there anyway to have it deleted?

Subject to it meeting the criteria, no.

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by joetech »

I don't see the problem. If you're playing on Facebook all day rather than working, perhaps that discussion at your annual review is needed. I get on Facebook and Twitter occasionally at work, but not enough that it would impact my work and consequently, not enough that I'd worry about anyone knowing how much I'm on social networks.

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by catmanjan »

jcbrand wrote: post #19
catmanjan wrote: post #2

The idea of a web site keeping a profile on me based on a conglomeration of my other profiles makes me think of it as an "open source" PRISM...

What exactly is "open source" about it?

From a software sense nothing, hence the quotation marks, but as someone else described, open source means something different when talking about intelligence gathering.

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by ldng »

uxwtf wrote: post #64
ldng wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How come ?! This is blatantly illegal in Europe ! I genuinely really don't see how they could get passive consent unless FB and Twitter themselves give them access. Or they just scrap public profiles ?

Why is it illegal in Europe? Klout analyses your Twitter interactions which are publicly visible.

In Europe you it's opt-in by default. You have to explicitly consent to the creation of an account as far as I understand it. So, to me, they could scrap content but not go as far as create automatically an account without your consent. Or I misunderstood something and would be glad someone explains it to me.
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