By deploying the new search feature there might be a case to be made that the company has violated the privacy of those who have taken the conscious decision to pro-actively opt-out of the pervasive information sharing features that get added all the time on Facebook.
Will be interesting to see if a test case emerges in Canada or other jurisdictions ( such as the EU) where there is strong level of federal privacy oversight. Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: [email protected] On 2013-01-17, at 9:39 PM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > [ 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 -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
