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unlimited-time · Sep 3, 2007

just wondering if any of you ( and i mean people on here i actually know) use this?

Nursey · Sep 3, 2007

No. Watch this: Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?

While the nearly $13 million that came from Accel to fund Facebook certainly looks suspicious and unfortunately disturbing after reviewing all of this information, the only problem on the surface seems to be the appearance of some incestuous relationships between the Pentagon, the CIA, and these venture capital firms.

But the questions go further than just these initial appearances. DARPA shot to national fame in 2002 when John Markoff of the New York Times announced the existence of the "Information Awareness Office.” According to Wikipedia, "the IAO has the stated mission to gather as much information as possible about everyone, in a centralized location, for easy perusal by the United States government, including (though not limited to) Internet activity, credit card purchase histories, airline ticket purchases, car rentals, medical records, educational transcripts, driver's licenses, utility bills, tax returns, and any other available data." Protests came from civil libertarians on both the right and the left who saw the IAO as a new Orwellian arm of the United States government. After Congress investigated DARPA's project, funding was cut off and IAO was essentially dead in the water. The Information Awareness Office might have survived some of its original purposes in a mutated form, found in today's Facebook. In fact, one of IAO's original example technologies included "human network analysis and behavior model building engines," a surprising echo of the social networking mapping that Facebook does using SVG visualizations. Add that to the information that Facebook collects and compare it to the startlingly similar goal of the IAO. It appears at first glance that DoD, along with the CIA, has managed to circumvent its previous Congressionally-established limitations to find corporate sponsorship for its programs under the thin veil of a useful social network for unwitting college students.

The "Privacy Policy" of Facebook includes a statement saying that they "may share your information with third parties, including responsible companies with which we have a relationship." It goes on to say that, "We may be required to disclose customer information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law or to protect our interests or property. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies."

Some of the aspects of the privacy policy are downright creepy and confusing. This particular gem is especially disturbing: “Facebook may also collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of the Facebook service through the operation of the service (e.g., photo tags) in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience. By using Facebook, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to, and processed in, the United States.” link
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Disorder · Sep 6, 2007

Facebook, the internet networking phenomenon, is to open its member list to internet search engines, prompting privacy concerns among its 39 million users.

Facebook: how to prevent online exposure

The California-based site today started notifying members of its decision to make member names and photographs available to non-members using popular search engines such as Google or Yahoo.

Until now, Facebook has not allowed external websites to trawl its member database, which includes about 5 million UK users.

Only Facebook members have been able to type in the names of friends and acquaintances to see whether they have a profile.

Starting early next month, non-members will be able to use a new search box on Facebook’s home page - www.facebook.com - to search for names on the site.

A notification posted today on the website said: “Public Search Listings only include names and profile pictures.” Members will be able to control whether outside users can find them by altering their privacy settings.

“No privacy rules are changing; if you do choose to make this public search listing available, anyone who discovers your public search listing must sign up and login to contact you via Facebook.”

But the reassurances may do little to ease concerns among members, who prize the relative privacy offered by Facebook offers, compared to other networking sites such as MySpace.

Celebrities have already found that what they thought was their closely-guarded list of friends and contacts has been exposed to all Facebook users because they failed to choose the “hide friends” privacy option offered by the site.

With rapidly expanding membership, which grew by more than sixty per cent in the past three months, Facebook has database which is regarded as a lucrative marketing, business research and advertising tool.

But the absence of overbearing on-screen marketing, which is usually limited to a single advertisement on each page, is one of the qualities that sets Facebook apart from other networking sites.

A year ago, Facebook weathered a privacy storm among students disturbed by changes that exposed users’ postings to their friends.

More recent changes that attracted more adults to the site also provoked concern among the Facebook’s core student base that parents and authority figures could monitor their activity.
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Nauseous · Sep 6, 2007

What is facebook?

Nauseous · Sep 6, 2007

Oh...Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, ...

MAJ Havoc · Sep 6, 2007

Fugbook.

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