On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Andrew McNabb <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is no such thing as a minimal Facebook account. They create lists > of your acquaintances, what you click on, and what pictures you're in. > When people send you messages, they don't give you any way to forward > them to your normal email account. If you accidentally forget to log > out, then they start sending information to other websites you visit. > And they're always coming up with new ways to collect and leak > information about you.
What are they going to do with this information though? Should it matter to me that they are aware of who my friends are? My understanding is that they use the data to target advertising. Whatever. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
