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If you want to stop strangers from seeing everything you do then you're probably better off just not using Facebook. Seriously. They're never going to shut of

by Vivtek 15y ago

If you want to stop strangers from seeing everything you do then you're probably better off just not using Facebook. Seriously. They're never going to shut off these eavesdropping things because that's the only online way they can grow the interconnectedness of their network - and the denser the network, the more value. To Facebook.

lotides 15y ago
> If you want to stop strangers from seeing everything you do then you're probably better off just not using Facebook. Seriously. I don't use Facebook. But other people in my home use Facebook which means they're tracking what I do—as a non-user and someone that hasn't agreed to their terms or privacy policy—anyway. The only solution to this is for Facebook to stop tracking people when they log out. The government needs to step in because they obviously won't do that on their own.
notahacker 15y ago
The corollary to that argument is if you want to send someone a message without other people seeing it, writing on their "wall" probably isn't the best way of going about it. There are some pretty reasonable objections to Facebook revealing things unexpectedly: this isn't one of them. If you wish to control who reads a message you've left on a someone else's quasi-public wall then Facebook certainly isn't the service for you.
- CodeMage 15y ago
  If you wish to control who reads a message you've left on a someone else's quasi-public wall then Facebook certainly isn't the service for you. While I understand what you're trying to say and agree with that, I think that the issue people have is that Facebook is giving them a mechanism to exert that control and then that mechanism doesn't work.
akkartik 15y ago
Telling somebody something on facebook is like talking to them at a party. I actually think it's cool that this sort of serendipity becomes possible. And I don't even like facebook anymore.
- CodeMage 15y ago
  Except that most parties don't include live streaming to strangers. Nowadays it's a lot easier to have something you said or did exposed to the whole world.
jackreichert 15y ago
True, although you can install a plugin like csfire and block the off-site stalking.

by Vivtek 15y ago

lotides 15y ago

> If you want to stop strangers from seeing everything you do then you're probably better off just not using Facebook. Seriously. I don't use Facebook. But other people in my home use Facebook which means they're tracking what I do—as a non-user and someone that hasn't agreed to their terms or privacy policy—anyway. The only solution to this is for Facebook to stop tracking people when they log out. The government needs to step in because they obviously won't do that on their own.

notahacker 15y ago

The corollary to that argument is if you want to send someone a message without other people seeing it, writing on their "wall" probably isn't the best way of going about it. There are some pretty reasonable objections to Facebook revealing things unexpectedly: this isn't one of them. If you wish to control who reads a message you've left on a someone else's quasi-public wall then Facebook certainly isn't the service for you.

CodeMage 15y ago
If you wish to control who reads a message you've left on a someone else's quasi-public wall then Facebook certainly isn't the service for you. While I understand what you're trying to say and agree with that, I think that the issue people have is that Facebook is giving them a mechanism to exert that control and then that mechanism doesn't work.

akkartik 15y ago

Telling somebody something on facebook is like talking to them at a party. I actually think it's cool that this sort of serendipity becomes possible. And I don't even like facebook anymore.

CodeMage 15y ago
Except that most parties don't include live streaming to strangers. Nowadays it's a lot easier to have something you said or did exposed to the whole world.

jackreichert 15y ago

True, although you can install a plugin like csfire and block the off-site stalking.