Consider all of the statements below carefully when you submit some spit to
Ancestry.com or any other genealogy site. What happens to all those DNA test
results in a database somewhere? Very nice of them to charge you a fee for
collecting your DNA and researching your family history but who else has access
to your DNA profile? How long do you think it will be before a decades old cold
case is solved as a result of data "obtained" from one of these DNA databases.A
friend of mine "limits" the amount and accuracy of any data he uses on social
media sites. This helps keep the "creeps" away.CRAIG
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Ed Cummings <bern...@panix.com>
To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <swlfest@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Data Breaches
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:25:29 -0400
Dan, thanks for facilitating an alternative to Facebook for the SWLfest group.
Personally, I think choosing between the social networking platforms Facebook
and Google+ is like choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea (of data.)
I never established a Facebook account because I never trusted its founder and
CEO Mark Zuckerberg--who once wrote that people who entrusted their personal
data to his social networking platform are "Dumb fucks."
https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a19490586/mark-zuckerberg-called-people-who-handed-over-their-data-dumb-f/
Seven years ago Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange (who I dislike personally)
was interviewed by RT and quoted saying, "Facebook in particular is the most
appalling spying machine that has ever been invented." He said, "Here we have
the world's most comprehensive database about people, their relationships,
their names, their addresses, their locations and the communications with each
other, their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to
U.S. intelligence. Facebook, Google, Yahoo -- all these major U.S.
organizations have built-in interfaces for U.S. intelligence. It's not a matter
of serving a subpoena. They have an interface that they have developed for U.S.
intelligence to use."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/wikileaks-assange-facebook-is-appalling-spying-machine/238225/
Frankly, I don't trust Alphabet (Google+) much more, so I never established a
Google+ account, either. They have similar-data sharing arrangements with
demonstrably untrustworthy entities, and market forces compel these
corporations to exploit users' personal data because they have a legal mandate
to maximize profits for shareholders. People can choose to decline these
corporations' onerous Terms of Service--which frequently change and aren't
honored anyway.
I prefer using this SWLfest mailing list and email to exchange info with my
fellow SWLfesters. It's much safer ;-)
-Ed Cummings
At 11:34 AM 3/21/2018, Daniel L. Srebnick wrote:
Some folks have resisted the use of Facebook because of security and
privacy concerns. Perhaps the Cambridge Analytica incident shows their
wisdom.
As more folks have become uncomfortable about the use of Facebook, in
light of the Cambridge Analytica story, I've created a shadow group for
us over on Google +. Consider it an experiment to see if we can gain
enough critical mass on an alternative platform...
Facebook and Google + address privacy a bit differently. If you want
to try it, here is the URL to join the group:
https://plus.google.com/communities/111414717109465458271?sqinv=MHdOTzJ
2Vk1XUVV6eDNnUFBTLW9XbGRkLTBNVFJR
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