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As always Winer is worried, rightfully so, but people aren't going to log out of facebook. It seems Zuck really wants to get back at people for making him pull

As always Winer is worried, rightfully so, but people aren't going to log out of facebook. It seems Zuck really wants to get back at people for making him pull "Beacon" back then, so he reintroduced it. Of course it's a privacy concern, but i think people no longer have illusions about their privacy on facebook.

Alex3917 15y ago
"people aren't going to log out of facebook." I actually have a separate browser that I use just for Facebook. Granted I only do this because FB doesn't work for me in Chrome, but it's still a pretty easy way of getting the same result.
- hugh3 15y ago
  I'm seriously considering only using facebook on my phone.
  - asto 15y ago
    Your phone is where FB gets all your friends' phone numbers from whether any of you like it or not!
    - Xuzz 15y ago
      That's not true; there is a very, very specific alert shown before Facebook accesses any phone numbers. I'm not making this up, it's just how it works. Facebook does not get anything "whether you like it or not". They get the information if you specifically allow it, and only if you try to enable the Sync feature. Hell, here's a screenshot if you don't believe me: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/6-blog-pics/iphone-facebook-sync-profile-pics-3.png http://www.askdavetaylor.com/6-blog-pics/iphone-facebook-syn...
  - rhizome 15y ago
    Information leakage is much more difficult to prevent on your phone than in a browser.
- emehrkay 15y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but flash cookies are cross-browser
  - cpeterso 15y ago
    That is correct.
  - Nick_C 15y ago
    Here's my crontab: # NJC 08/07/10 Remove Flash cookies and everything to do with Flash, including left-over Flash files in /tmp 01 13 * * Wed /usr/bin/rm -rf /home/nick/.macromedia/Flash_Player/* 02 13 * * Wed /usr/bin/rm -rf /tmp/Flash*
    - emehrkay 15y ago
      Nice stuff. I would have never thought to do this.
malloreon 15y ago
The issue that people don't pay enough attention to, though, is that we're no longer "on" facebook.

Alex3917 15y ago

"people aren't going to log out of facebook." I actually have a separate browser that I use just for Facebook. Granted I only do this because FB doesn't work for me in Chrome, but it's still a pretty easy way of getting the same result.

hugh3 15y ago
I'm seriously considering only using facebook on my phone.
- asto 15y ago
  Your phone is where FB gets all your friends' phone numbers from whether any of you like it or not!
  - Xuzz 15y ago
    That's not true; there is a very, very specific alert shown before Facebook accesses any phone numbers. I'm not making this up, it's just how it works. Facebook does not get anything "whether you like it or not". They get the information if you specifically allow it, and only if you try to enable the Sync feature. Hell, here's a screenshot if you don't believe me: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/6-blog-pics/iphone-facebook-sync-profile-pics-3.png http://www.askdavetaylor.com/6-blog-pics/iphone-facebook-syn...
- rhizome 15y ago
  Information leakage is much more difficult to prevent on your phone than in a browser.
emehrkay 15y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but flash cookies are cross-browser
- cpeterso 15y ago
  That is correct.
- Nick_C 15y ago
  Here's my crontab: # NJC 08/07/10 Remove Flash cookies and everything to do with Flash, including left-over Flash files in /tmp 01 13 * * Wed /usr/bin/rm -rf /home/nick/.macromedia/Flash_Player/* 02 13 * * Wed /usr/bin/rm -rf /tmp/Flash*
  - emehrkay 15y ago
    Nice stuff. I would have never thought to do this.

malloreon 15y ago

The issue that people don't pay enough attention to, though, is that we're no longer "on" facebook.