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This is a product for tracking everything you do, and tries to accomplish that by pulling data from other services that track everything you do. Is Facebook un

This is a product for tracking everything you do, and tries to accomplish that by pulling data from other services that track everything you do. Is Facebook uniquely untrustworthy in this category? Is there anything about Gyroscope that makes it uniquely trustworthy, if only they gathered your data directly?

DiabloD3 12y ago
It isn't about being untrustworthy: I don't use Facebook, I use many other things but not Facebook. If he has the code to handle Facebook logins, he has the code to handle Google logins as well.
AbeEstrada 12y ago
I don't have a Facebook account.
closetnerd 12y ago
This really is a stupid assumption. Yes there are people who actually don't want Facebook for reasons other than privacy.
serf 12y ago
Let's not just assume the parent of your comment thinks Facebook is untrustworthy; how about if someone (like me, for example) just doesn't have a Facebook account?
seanodonnell 12y ago
I would have signed up via facebook, but then I noticed they wanted my friends list. Nope. Nope. Nope.
- DataCreep 12y ago
  Creeps gonna creep.
- draven 12y ago
  IIRC the friends list is in the default app permissions, and calling the graph API only returns the friends on your list who also gave the same permission to the app.
volaski 12y ago
I would like to use it but not reveal who I am. I think this is more than fair enough reason, and probably the direction these guys should move towards.
JungleGymSam 12y ago
I don't like Facebook but I have an account because my mom and wife do too. So I choose not to connect my account with anything. Am I an unacceptable weirdo?
vinchuco 12y ago
https://stallman.org/facebook.html https://stallman.org/facebook.html
- amelius 12y ago
  The irony is that without Stallman (GNU software), there probably wouldn't be facebook :)
- icebraining 12y ago
  If you don't use Facebook for those reasons, you probably won't want to use a site like this either, though. I know I don't.
Pamar 12y ago
Even if I am in a tiny minority, I don't have a Facebook account and I would prefer to continue not having one (motive: snobbism, more than privacy concerns). So if a service is only available through a FB login I decline to use the service.
epaga 12y ago
The main issue I have with Facebook is that their goal is diametrically opposed to the concept of the Internet that I would subscribe to. They are actively working toward attaining a monopoly for online social activity. In a sense, they want to become the "social wrapper" for everything that is done on the Internet. I completely deleted my Facebook account a few weeks ago and quickly am realizing how far-reaching their monopoly already is. This point alone - which doesn't even include the many, many privacy issues FB has - is enough for me to say I will not use a service that requires a FB login.

DiabloD3 12y ago

It isn't about being untrustworthy: I don't use Facebook, I use many other things but not Facebook. If he has the code to handle Facebook logins, he has the code to handle Google logins as well.

AbeEstrada 12y ago

I don't have a Facebook account.

closetnerd 12y ago

This really is a stupid assumption. Yes there are people who actually don't want Facebook for reasons other than privacy.

serf 12y ago

Let's not just assume the parent of your comment thinks Facebook is untrustworthy; how about if someone (like me, for example) just doesn't have a Facebook account?

seanodonnell 12y ago

I would have signed up via facebook, but then I noticed they wanted my friends list. Nope. Nope. Nope.

DataCreep 12y ago
Creeps gonna creep.
draven 12y ago
IIRC the friends list is in the default app permissions, and calling the graph API only returns the friends on your list who also gave the same permission to the app.

volaski 12y ago

I would like to use it but not reveal who I am. I think this is more than fair enough reason, and probably the direction these guys should move towards.

JungleGymSam 12y ago

I don't like Facebook but I have an account because my mom and wife do too. So I choose not to connect my account with anything. Am I an unacceptable weirdo?

vinchuco 12y ago

https://stallman.org/facebook.html https://stallman.org/facebook.html

amelius 12y ago
The irony is that without Stallman (GNU software), there probably wouldn't be facebook :)
icebraining 12y ago
If you don't use Facebook for those reasons, you probably won't want to use a site like this either, though. I know I don't.

Pamar 12y ago

Even if I am in a tiny minority, I don't have a Facebook account and I would prefer to continue not having one (motive: snobbism, more than privacy concerns). So if a service is only available through a FB login I decline to use the service.

epaga 12y ago

The main issue I have with Facebook is that their goal is diametrically opposed to the concept of the Internet that I would subscribe to. They are actively working toward attaining a monopoly for online social activity. In a sense, they want to become the "social wrapper" for everything that is done on the Internet. I completely deleted my Facebook account a few weeks ago and quickly am realizing how far-reaching their monopoly already is. This point alone - which doesn't even include the many, many privacy issues FB has - is enough for me to say I will not use a service that requires a FB login.