Re: Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Lars Rasmussen
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Richard Esplin wrote: > I think you missed my point. > > To extend your analogy, I would only buy a weapon that was designed to > minimize accidental or irresponsible use. A gun sold by Facebook would fire > at my family whenever an advertiser told it to. Yes!

Re: Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Esplin
I think you missed my point. To extend your analogy, I would only buy a weapon that was designed to minimize accidental or irresponsible use. A gun sold by Facebook would fire at my family whenever an advertiser told it to. Richard On Tuesday May 24 2011 15:52:55 Jonathan Duncan wrote: > >

Re: Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Shane Hathaway
On 05/24/2011 03:52 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > I love technology. Just like any tool, it can be used for good or > evil. I think Social Media is amazing. Of course, the more > amazingly helpful a tool is for "the good guys" the more amazingly > helpful it is to "the bad guys". Just because so

Re: Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 24 May 2011, at 15:33, Richard Esplin wrote: > I don't think shunning all social media is necessarily the right approach. I > really enjoy LinkedIn's ability to let me track my friend's careers. Google > has made their share of mistakes, but I think they generally try and strike a > healthy

Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Esplin
I don't think shunning all social media is necessarily the right approach. I really enjoy LinkedIn's ability to let me track my friend's careers. Google has made their share of mistakes, but I think they generally try and strike a healthy balance (their data liberation initiative I think is very