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Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by robryan »

MartinCron wrote: post #31
SeanDav wrote: post #17

Why are people still using Facebook anyway? I can only presume people that do simply don't care much about privacy because Facebook has proved time and time again that your privacy does not matter at all to them.

All of their privacy breaches don't really matter if you consider all of the things that you do with Facebook to be explicitly public. My only privacy filters are discretion and sobriety, and they've worked well enough so far.

Yep, I generally don't care about Facebook privacy because I don't place anything on it I'm not comfortable with the world knowing.

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by Volpe »

TomGullen wrote: post #40

To me, this is just standard privacy hyperbole that rears it's head every now and then. Anyone remember the headlines several years ago when "Google 'scans' your emails to serve targetted ads'? When was the last time you heard someone complain about that anymore? No one does, because it doesn't matter. Why should me sharing a link via a PM and my action be aggregated into an anonymous number worry me? How is the argu…

It's called a 'Private Message'. Seems to be misusing the word private.

The gmail analogy is a little off, a closer one would be to compare to gtalk. Do google scan gtalk messages?

Also what if the message is "This is so crap: " does that increase the like?

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by steevdave »

TomGullen wrote: post #40

To me, this is just standard privacy hyperbole that rears it's head every now and then. Anyone remember the headlines several years ago when "Google 'scans' your emails to serve targetted ads'? When was the last time you heard someone complain about that anymore? No one does, because it doesn't matter. Why should me sharing a link via a PM and my action be aggregated into an anonymous number worry me? How is the argu…

While I don't use facebook's messaging except on the extremely rare occasion that someone messages me when I have their web page open, I don't think sharing a URL with someone means I LIKE the content, there are many different reasons to share a URL.

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by Volpe »

clobber wrote: post #30
SeanDav wrote: post #17

Why are people still using Facebook anyway? I can only presume people that do simply don't care much about privacy because Facebook has proved time and time again that your privacy does not matter at all to them.

Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad. This breach of privacy stuff is a slippery slope and Facebook will continue to chip away at it until it's gone. To help people remember I've started: http://pleasedeletefacebook.com

Or you could just treat facebook as public... Over reaction much?

> Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad.

You need to think harder.

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by clobber »

Volpe wrote: post #44
clobber wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad. This breach of privacy stuff is a slippery slope and Facebook will continue to chip away at it until it's gone. To help people remember I've started: http://pleasedeletefacebook.com

Or you could just treat facebook as public... Over reaction much? > Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad. You need to think harder.

You need to respect privacy harder.

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by hrktb »

TomGullen wrote: post #40

To me, this is just standard privacy hyperbole that rears it's head every now and then. Anyone remember the headlines several years ago when "Google 'scans' your emails to serve targetted ads'? When was the last time you heard someone complain about that anymore? No one does, because it doesn't matter. Why should me sharing a link via a PM and my action be aggregated into an anonymous number worry me? How is the argu…

> When was the last time you heard someone complain about that anymore? No one does, because it doesn't matter.

It's not that it doesn't matter. Just that the people for who it mattered just left/never joined gmail and don't have any reason to complain any more.

For facebook it's the same. People for who it matters will complain now and you won't hear much complaints after they all leave.

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by joeyo »

Volpe wrote: post #42
TomGullen wrote: post #40

To me, this is just standard privacy hyperbole that rears it's head every now and then. Anyone remember the headlines several years ago when "Google 'scans' your emails to serve targetted ads'? When was the last time you heard someone complain about that anymore? No one does, because it doesn't matter. Why should me sharing a link via a PM and my action be aggregated into an anonymous number worry me? How is the argu…

It's called a 'Private Message'. Seems to be misusing the word private. The gmail analogy is a little off, a closer one would be to compare to gtalk. Do google scan gtalk messages? Also what if the message is "This is so crap: " does that increase the like?

  > The gmail analogy is a little off, a closer one would be
  > to compare to gtalk. Do google scan gtalk messages?
Unless you specifically select "Go off the record" I strongly suspect that they do.

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by gm »

MartinCron wrote: post #31
SeanDav wrote: post #17

Why are people still using Facebook anyway? I can only presume people that do simply don't care much about privacy because Facebook has proved time and time again that your privacy does not matter at all to them.

All of their privacy breaches don't really matter if you consider all of the things that you do with Facebook to be explicitly public. My only privacy filters are discretion and sobriety, and they've worked well enough so far.

Agreed. In this day and age it's just asinine to expect privacy from the Internet, no matter what you are promised.

There is not privacy and I do not expect any. That's the way to be happy and care free on the Internet. It's simple: Don't post anything privately or publicly that you do not want the whole world to see.

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by gm »

facefxck wrote: post #7
bcooperbyte wrote: post #2

"Privacy is a relic of a time gone by" -Sean Parker

"Fuck you" -Me, responding to Sean Parker on privacy.

No matter how much you curse, it ain't gonna change anything.

Plus LOL at your creating a new HN account for the explicit purpose of putting in your sophomoric response.

Re: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages to increase Likes

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Post by gm »

GrumpySimon wrote: post #32
bcooperbyte wrote: post #2

"Privacy is a relic of a time gone by" -Sean Parker

I wasn't aware that Sean Parker was a noted expert on privacy and the implications thereof.

One does not need to be to realize there is no privacy to be expected.
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