Facebook Backtracks, Now Says It Is Not Using Your Phone's Location To Suggest Friends
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/06/28/1519246/facebook-backtracks-now-says-it-is-not-using-your-phones-location-to-suggest-friends Facebook had noted that location was indeed one of the signals it looks into when suggesting new friends. But the social juggernaut has since backtracked on its statement with new assurances that it is not using anyone's location ... - - - "Quick, get in there and flip off the LOC bit before we issue our next statement!" // Seriously, this kind of confusion in public statements regarding location data can be deadly and massively undermine user trust. The only way to safely use location data is to be absolutely clear and upfront with users from the outset. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
