[ Perhaps some precautions might be appropriate for those using FB in less than hospitable circumstances. ---rsk ]
----- Forwarded message from Lauren Weinstein <[email protected]> ----- > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:05:22 -0800 > From: Lauren Weinstein <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ NNSquad ] Facebook changes reportedly expose at least 10 million > accounts to public search that had previously been excluded > > > Facebook changes reportedly expose at least 10 million accounts to > public search that had previously been excluded > > http://j.mp/10D1gMz (ars technica) > > "Such profiles would hinder the progress of graph search, which relies > on profile content to cull information (for instance, "women who like > the TV show Homeland" or "Thai restaurants my friends have been to.") > Facebook asserts that a "single-digit percentage" of profiles had > previously opted out of being searchable. As Quartz points out, even > one percent is now 10 million people, so the change does affect a > large absolute swath of users." > > - - - > > Exposing profile information to public searching that was previously > excluded, without the affirmative consent of the parties involved, is > inexcusable even if "only" 10 million or so accounts were affected! > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info > Founder: > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info > - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
