>I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and answer your question in good faith: whether you willingly give your information, or are tricked into giving it, make

>I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and answer your question in good faith: whether you willingly give your information, or are tricked into giving it, makes a world of difference. The comment you're replying to is positing that question in the context of other people giving up your information, not you yourself giving that information up. In both cases, the users giving the data knew they were giving that data to someone on the Internet. Their friends, however, didn't. The friends of the (either willing or tricked) participants had their data given up, too. Those friends did not consent in either case. In that case, I don't think it matters whether your data was given away willingly by your friends or whether your friends were tricked into giving it away. It's just splitting hairs over who is at fault when it's wrong in both cases.