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Think about what this will do for discriminatory hiring. Searches on who has liked political statements or views that are disapproved of by corporate policy. Ag

Think about what this will do for discriminatory hiring. Searches on who has liked political statements or views that are disapproved of by corporate policy. Again as others have state - big difference between this stuff being discoverable and it being easily searched, sliced and diced.

freshhawk 14y ago
What's the big difference other than smaller players having access to this information? Maybe I'm going to far applying computer security concepts to real life but this was possible before, so making it easier to access only really changes how educated the users are about over-sharing. I mean, if you wanted to educate people in a "wow that's creepy" way like firesheep did you would build something like this. If you shared it online and it's linked to your real name then you have to assume anyone can get a hold of it. In the practical world you make an excellent point about discriminatory hiring, but I feel like this was going to happen anyway so better to open things up now and hopefully scare people into realizing what they are doing when they post private information publicly. The longer the time until this happens, the worse it will be when it does right?
- richardjordan 14y ago
  I think this is a classic example of where there's a meaningful difference between possible and really easy. To use a topical analogy. People in the UK can do a mass-killing, with knives or clubs. People in the US can do it a whole lot easier because they have access to high powered firearms.
  - freshhawk 14y ago
    I see what you mean, but I don't think your analogy fits. People are only vulnerable if they choose to be and it's not the difference between knives and firearms, it's the difference between the powerful with firearms and everyone with firearms. I think my Firesheep comparison was better. Firesheep made something possible easy and the result was not an outbreak of hijacked email and social media accounts although that certainly happened in cases where it wouldn't have otherwise. The result was education through surprise and an actual improvement in online security practices (defaulting to https). If someone is going to have this level of information more transparency about what there is and what can be done with it is the lesser of two evils.

freshhawk 14y ago

What's the big difference other than smaller players having access to this information? Maybe I'm going to far applying computer security concepts to real life but this was possible before, so making it easier to access only really changes how educated the users are about over-sharing. I mean, if you wanted to educate people in a "wow that's creepy" way like firesheep did you would build something like this. If you shared it online and it's linked to your real name then you have to assume anyone can get a hold of it. In the practical world you make an excellent point about discriminatory hiring, but I feel like this was going to happen anyway so better to open things up now and hopefully scare people into realizing what they are doing when they post private information publicly. The longer the time until this happens, the worse it will be when it does right?

richardjordan 14y ago
I think this is a classic example of where there's a meaningful difference between possible and really easy. To use a topical analogy. People in the UK can do a mass-killing, with knives or clubs. People in the US can do it a whole lot easier because they have access to high powered firearms.
- freshhawk 14y ago
  I see what you mean, but I don't think your analogy fits. People are only vulnerable if they choose to be and it's not the difference between knives and firearms, it's the difference between the powerful with firearms and everyone with firearms. I think my Firesheep comparison was better. Firesheep made something possible easy and the result was not an outbreak of hijacked email and social media accounts although that certainly happened in cases where it wouldn't have otherwise. The result was education through surprise and an actual improvement in online security practices (defaulting to https). If someone is going to have this level of information more transparency about what there is and what can be done with it is the lesser of two evils.