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Ofcourse they do. On one hand it’s absolutely surprising that such a piece is considered “news” but on the other hand at least the general public (not just peop
by hmate9 9y ago
Ofcourse they do. On one hand it’s absolutely surprising that such a piece is considered “news” but on the other hand at least the general public (not just people in CS) are paying more attention to their privacy.
But in this case I think it’s 100% fine, even expected in order to stop bad content (porn, abuse etc) from going through
- pmlnr 9y agostopping "Bad content" is a slippery slope, especially on a network, where most only talk to people they actually know and who are usually using real identities. Keep in mind it's private messaging we're talking about.
- criddell 9y agoTransparency would help. If they told you what was being blocked and why and also gave the recipient the option to override the block, then I think the slippery slope problem is minimized.
- drngdds 9y agoIt's really not a dangerous slippery slope. If Facebook starts moderating messages too harshly, people will just move to another platform.
- 908087 9y agoI heard the same thing about Facebook and Google invading privacy "people will just move to another platform if they start getting too creepy!". Still waiting on that...
- StanislavPetrov 9y agoExcept of course that Google and Facebook manipulate the data you see so that it becomes much, much harder (if not impossible) for any competitor to gain traction because they are blocked or buried on page 50 of search results.
- StanislavPetrov 9y agoExcept of course that Google and Facebook are also the places that people go to search for information. They manipulate the data you see so that it becomes much, much harder (if not impossible) for any competitor to gain traction because they are blocked or buried on page 50 of search results.
- danso 9y agoMany people have that same expectation of email, but are ok with spam and phish filtering
- scarface74 9y agoWith email, I don’t explicitly white list people I want to communicate with. With messaging apps, Facebook has a list of people I consider “friends”.
- danso 9y agoWhat difference does that make?
- scarface74 9y agoAnyone can email me and the only way to prevent spam from unknown senders is by providing a filter. With messaging, I've already explicitly told Facebook who I want to contact me - my "friends". I've never received a message from a friend claiming to be Nigerian prince or trying to sell me "generic Viagra".
- danso 9y agoFriend accounts can be hijacked to send phishing messages. It's been a common vector for spreading phishing scams.
- scarface74 9y agoIt seems like this could easily be fixed my multi factor authentication. I've clicked on phishing links on purpose just out of curiosity. They usually show a page that looks like a FB log on. But to actually use the phished credentials, they would have to log on to FB. FB could simply send a text.
- aianus 9y ago> But in this case I think it’s 100% fine, even expected in order to stop bad content (porn, abuse etc) from going through I was pretty shocked when FB filtered out a pornhub link I tried to send to my then-girlfriend on Messenger. I thought it was very inappropriate of them to police our relationship like that. We were both adults...