Comments on: Privacy and Facebook: Give a Little Here, Take a Little There? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/12/privacy-and-facebook-give-a-little-here-take-a-little-there.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:44:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kaimipono D. Wenger http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/12/privacy-and-facebook-give-a-little-here-take-a-little-there.html/comment-page-1#comment-66685 Kaimipono D. Wenger Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:25:20 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=22982#comment-66685 Another good guide is available at Gawker: http://gawker.com/5427077/the-valleywag-guide-to-restoring-your-privacy-on-facebook Another good guide is available at Gawker:

http://gawker.com/5427077/the-valleywag-guide-to-restoring-your-privacy-on-facebook

]]> By: Bruce Boyden http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/12/privacy-and-facebook-give-a-little-here-take-a-little-there.html/comment-page-1#comment-66617 Bruce Boyden Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:04:52 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=22982#comment-66617 Oops: http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/2009/12/10/either-mark-zuckerberg-got-a-whole-lot-less-private-or-facebooks-ceo-doesnt-understand-the-companys-new-privacy-settings/ Oops: http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/2009/12/10/either-mark-zuckerberg-got-a-whole-lot-less-private-or-facebooks-ceo-doesnt-understand-the-companys-new-privacy-settings/

]]> By: Danielle Citron http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/12/privacy-and-facebook-give-a-little-here-take-a-little-there.html/comment-page-1#comment-66616 Danielle Citron Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:59:41 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=22982#comment-66616 That is incredibly helpful scoop, Logical Extremes. Thanks so much! That is incredibly helpful scoop, Logical Extremes. Thanks so much!

]]> By: Logical Extremes http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/12/privacy-and-facebook-give-a-little-here-take-a-little-there.html/comment-page-1#comment-66615 Logical Extremes Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:54:42 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=22982#comment-66615 BTW, if you click the lock icon pulldown below the "What's on your mind?" field, there is a Customize choice. Within that, you can set up a default. BTW, if you click the lock icon pulldown below the “What’s on your mind?” field, there is a Customize choice. Within that, you can set up a default.

]]> By: Logical Extremes http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/12/privacy-and-facebook-give-a-little-here-take-a-little-there.html/comment-page-1#comment-66614 Logical Extremes Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:52:27 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=22982#comment-66614 ACLU dotRights & EFF have had the best details on what the changes mean in practice. Yes, there are more granular controls for new posts, but users are being migrated to more open settings, and probably worse, more data is now declared Publicly Available Information with no say by the user. "PAI" [now] includes your name, profile photo, list of friends, pages you are a fan of, gender, networks to which you belong, and current city." - PAI used to include only Name and Networks. I've put what I think are the best posts on the Facebook Privacy change in my Twitter stream: http://twitter.com/logicalextremes But this post says it best about the new public social graph, which I believe is the most egregious violation of privacy by Facebook: http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2009/12/11/facebook-tosses-graph-privacy-into-the-bin/ ACLU dotRights & EFF have had the best details on what the changes mean in practice. Yes, there are more granular controls for new posts, but users are being migrated to more open settings, and probably worse, more data is now declared Publicly Available Information with no say by the user.

“PAI” [now] includes your name, profile photo, list of friends, pages you are a fan of, gender, networks to which you belong, and current city.” – PAI used to include only Name and Networks.

I’ve put what I think are the best posts on the Facebook Privacy change in my Twitter stream:

http://twitter.com/logicalextremes

But this post says it best about the new public social graph, which I believe is the most egregious violation of privacy by Facebook:

http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2009/12/11/facebook-tosses-graph-privacy-into-the-bin/

]]> By: Danielle Citron http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/12/privacy-and-facebook-give-a-little-here-take-a-little-there.html/comment-page-1#comment-66613 Danielle Citron Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:29:17 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=22982#comment-66613 Thanks so much, Bruce. Yes, that is what I assumed as I played around with the settings. That is a shame about the lack of a default function regarding groups and friends. Thanks so much, Bruce. Yes, that is what I assumed as I played around with the settings. That is a shame about the lack of a default function regarding groups and friends.

]]> By: Bruce Boyden http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/12/privacy-and-facebook-give-a-little-here-take-a-little-there.html/comment-page-1#comment-66612 Bruce Boyden Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:23:02 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=22982#comment-66612 It looks to me like you can customize the settings for each post by defining groups or blocking specific people. But I don't see a way to limit posts to certain groups as a default, so you'd have to do it each time. It looks to me like you can customize the settings for each post by defining groups or blocking specific people. But I don’t see a way to limit posts to certain groups as a default, so you’d have to do it each time.

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