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People in this thread are asking for ways that Facebook is used by third parties. How about future credit checks based on your network of debt-ridden college f
by ddw 15y ago
People in this thread are asking for ways that Facebook is used by third parties.
How about future credit checks based on your network of debt-ridden college friends? http://www.pcworld.com/article/246511/how_facebook_can_hurt_your_credit_rating.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/246511/how_facebook_can_hurt_...
How about health insurance claims? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/19/quebec-facebook-sick-leave-benefits.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/19/queb...
How about investigations? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_social_network_websites_in_investigations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_social_network_websites_...
Skeptics will say "just don't do anything wrong and you'll be fine." But what about civil disobedience, like the Occupy movement? What about when the definition of "wrong" changes? What about when the information is used not to implicate you in something, but just learn more about your activities?
I think eventually this will become a big enough issue with some event (maybe a popular crime case in which the defendant is perceived to be innocent but FB data is used to implicate him/her) that the general public is appalled and will try to delete their data. But by then it'll be too late.