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Public tweets. You know, the ones everyone can see, all the time. Big difference.

mickael-kerjean 8y ago
For how much time? When you consider youporn sends ping to twitter throught a weird domain (with a cookie on https://syndication.twitter.com/ https://syndication.twitter.com/), it makes me wondering how much time it will takes before the porn life of everyone on twitter will be reveal. I don't want to be the alarmist but it's not like twitter has a good track record when it comes to database leak and god knows how many influent politics are using it ...
- crunchlibrarian 8y ago
  Seems like every web page pings all the social networks nowadays. The app world is worse, much more difficult to see who is phoning whom. You need to install three extensions just to battle all this abuse. Getting a browser ready to surf the web in 2018 is like preparing to invade Normandy, and quite absurd.
- zamber 8y ago
  That's why when I setup a browser for anyone that's not too technical I select pretty much all social blocking lists (among other). No one yet complained that they can't Tweet while watching porn.
imglorp 8y ago
More than that. They're also selling engagement and audience on their API. This means they keep track of who you follow and what you click on.
- m1el 8y ago
  The follow list is public as well.
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Eridrus 8y ago
It's interesting how we call Facebook's data either public or private depending on how we want to regulate it. If we're worried about user data privacy, it's private data that CA stole. If we're worried about racial tensions in Sri Lanka its a public forum that needs to be moderated. Not that it's wrong, but Facebook seems to exist in this grey zone of semi-private content which gives it both sorts of challenges and none of the usual defences.
- wil421 8y ago
  Facebook users expected a certain level of privacy. They didn’t realize quiz apps would harvest a huge amount of data about their profiles. There is also the question of what kind of data they gleaned based on being friends with people who installed said apps. Twitter is 100% public like a website and the expectation isn’t the same. When you friend or unfriend someone on FB you are somewhat implying who you give access to your feed.
  - marcoperaza 8y ago
    >When you friend or unfriend someone on FB you are somewhat implying who you give access to your feed. It may feel that way, but it is an unrealistic expectation. Something shared with hundreds of people is effectively public information. To believe otherwise is a fantasy. In “the real world”, we intuitively understand this: a secret told to two dozen people is a secret no more. But the illusion of control on social media sites seems to convince people otherwise online.
    - wil421 8y ago
      Most users accepted this as a fact. Behind the scenes and not transparent to the user FB was allowing much more access. Now they are understanding the implications. Not everyone is a highly technical person and to lump everyone into this category is not right. Try explaining this to elderly users.
      - marcoperaza 8y ago

For how much time? When you consider youporn sends ping to twitter throught a weird domain (with a cookie on https://syndication.twitter.com/ https://syndication.twitter.com/), it makes me wondering how much time it will takes before the porn life of everyone on twitter will be reveal. I don't want to be the alarmist but it's not like twitter has a good track record when it comes to database leak and god knows how many influent politics are using it ...

crunchlibrarian 8y ago
Seems like every web page pings all the social networks nowadays. The app world is worse, much more difficult to see who is phoning whom. You need to install three extensions just to battle all this abuse. Getting a browser ready to surf the web in 2018 is like preparing to invade Normandy, and quite absurd.
zamber 8y ago
That's why when I setup a browser for anyone that's not too technical I select pretty much all social blocking lists (among other). No one yet complained that they can't Tweet while watching porn.

imglorp 8y ago

More than that. They're also selling engagement and audience on their API. This means they keep track of who you follow and what you click on.

m1el 8y ago
The follow list is public as well.

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Eridrus 8y ago

It's interesting how we call Facebook's data either public or private depending on how we want to regulate it. If we're worried about user data privacy, it's private data that CA stole. If we're worried about racial tensions in Sri Lanka its a public forum that needs to be moderated. Not that it's wrong, but Facebook seems to exist in this grey zone of semi-private content which gives it both sorts of challenges and none of the usual defences.

wil421 8y ago
Facebook users expected a certain level of privacy. They didn’t realize quiz apps would harvest a huge amount of data about their profiles. There is also the question of what kind of data they gleaned based on being friends with people who installed said apps. Twitter is 100% public like a website and the expectation isn’t the same. When you friend or unfriend someone on FB you are somewhat implying who you give access to your feed.
- marcoperaza 8y ago
  >When you friend or unfriend someone on FB you are somewhat implying who you give access to your feed. It may feel that way, but it is an unrealistic expectation. Something shared with hundreds of people is effectively public information. To believe otherwise is a fantasy. In “the real world”, we intuitively understand this: a secret told to two dozen people is a secret no more. But the illusion of control on social media sites seems to convince people otherwise online.
  - wil421 8y ago
    Most users accepted this as a fact. Behind the scenes and not transparent to the user FB was allowing much more access. Now they are understanding the implications. Not everyone is a highly technical person and to lump everyone into this category is not right. Try explaining this to elderly users.
    - marcoperaza 8y ago