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The 'innocent data compiler' is actually a HN semi-regular. waves hello I've got lots of thoughts on all this, obviously, but I'm trying to collect them all in

The 'innocent data compiler' is actually a HN semi-regular. waves hello I've got lots of thoughts on all this, obviously, but I'm trying to collect them all into a considered blog post. I'm happy to answer any questions I can though. And if you're interested in related code, you can check out my Google Profile crawler over at GitHub: http://github.com/petewarden/buzzprofilecrawl http://github.com/petewarden/buzzprofilecrawl

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"... Facebook doesn't look totally evil though. According to Warden: 'From my conversations with technical folks at Facebook, there seems to be a real commitment to figuring out safeguards around the widespread availability of this data.' ..." Hi Pete, I've been following your threads [0] with interest seeing how the social graph can be interpreted in code. The above quote in particular stood out though. I'm not sure if the "no evil" tag applies where you can access the official Fb API and developer program then expect good to come out of it. [1], [2] “That pulls the rug out from a whole policy & technology perspective that the point is to give you control over your information - because you don’t have control over your information.” Hal Abelson It appears that while Fb is trying to tighten up public leaked information, at the same time they allow access to the social graph API which is just as potentially more damaging to individuals. [0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199821 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199821 & http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1106859 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1106859 [1] PJF, "Dark Stalking on Facebook", http://pjf.id.au/blog/?position=590 http://pjf.id.au/blog/?position=590 [2] http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/20/project_gaydar_an_mit_experiment_raises_new_questions_about_online_privacy/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/20/...
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"... Facebook doesn't look totally evil though. According to Warden: 'From my conversations with technical folks at Facebook, there seems to be a real commitment to figuring out safeguards around the widespread availability of this data.' ..." Hi Pete, I've been following your threads [0] with interest seeing how the social graph can be interpreted in code. The above quote in particular stood out though. I'm not sure if the "no evil" tag applies where you can access the official Fb API and developer program then expect good to come out of it. [1], [2] “That pulls the rug out from a whole policy & technology perspective that the point is to give you control over your information - because you don’t have control over your information.” Hal Abelson It appears that while Fb is trying to tighten up public leaked information, at the same time they allow access to the social graph API which is just as potentially more damaging to individuals. [0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199821 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199821 & http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1106859 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1106859 [1] PJF, "Dark Stalking on Facebook", http://pjf.id.au/blog/?position=590 http://pjf.id.au/blog/?position=590 [2] http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/20/project_gaydar_an_mit_experiment_raises_new_questions_about_online_privacy/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/20/...

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