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  • TheDigerati, on 10/12/2007, -61/+81Interesting, Scary, and time to delete my facebook account.
    • tfedullo, on 10/12/2007, -10/+29mirror
      http://albumoftheday.com.nyud.net:8080/facebook/
      http://albumoftheday.com.nyud.net:8090/facebook/
    • brianrwalters, on 10/12/2007, -35/+216I fell asleep...
    • pwill, on 10/12/2007, -19/+29Guys, the privacy policy is there for a reason. Read it.
      http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
      "We may provide information to service providers to help us bring you the services we offer."
      "...our service providers may have access to your personal information for use for a limited time in connection with these business activities."
    • shiftt, on 10/12/2007, -6/+72The user definitely gets screwed over on this one. But it's a marketers dream to have all this information collected, organized, and up for grabs the way to anyone with cash.
      Selling products through Facebook has not proven very successful for affiliates, but using Facebook for data mining definitely has a ton of potential.
      - A marketer's perspective.
    • imanihilist, on 10/12/2007, -26/+33Sadly, you can NOT delete your Facebook profile. The only thing you can do is deactivate it. If anyone can figure out a way to actually delete it, please let me know, as I've been wanting to do this for the last two years. Yes, I know you can delete all your pictures and information, but that's not enough. I want my email and name permanently pulled from the site. Only thing I can think to do is change my name and email to something fake. Might try that now.
    • Lax32, on 10/12/2007, -22/+110Yeah it might be scary but as a college student there is no way my facebook account is going anywhere...
    • InfamousX241, on 10/12/2007, -35/+15You're an impressionable idiot.
    • Spikito, on 10/12/2007, -37/+20The facebook? is that on the internets?
    • DECwakeboarder, on 10/18/2007, -23/+82Wow....next time don't get one of the most annoying 8th graders to read.
    • mraustin1337, on 11/10/2007, -10/+353Let me save you clicking on the link.

      If you post something online other people can see it. Sorry if no one told you.
      • Kourgin, on 01/11/2008, -1/+1people cant check your profile without being on your friends list.
        the content that is possibly sold secretly is your entire discography of information collected from your entire time using the website

        dumb *****
    • JesusFaction, on 10/31/2007, -5/+110dont delete your account
      just put up ridiculous data to throw them off
    • BigO, on 10/12/2007, -30/+7ripped off an article i wrote over a year ago.

      http://www.campusprogress.org/features/769/what-you-dont-know-about-facebook
    • tidu, on 10/12/2007, -6/+36This is somewhat of a conservative viewpoint, but 1) you put it up there and 2) you agreed to the policy (without reading it). There's nothing you can do, except say "oh facebook is a mean bad company", forget about it and then use it the next day to accept another friend request. I know this is more of a cautionary website, but still... the world isn't fair.
    • kingkilr, on 10/31/2007, -9/+216Holy Crap! A guy who financed facebook worked at a company with another guy who worked for a different company that was created by the CIA . . . that's conclusive!
    • laplacian, on 10/12/2007, -26/+13This is one of the worst presentations of information i have seen in ANY medium. buried, and buried hard.
    • SultanTravi, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22Don't be ignorant. Have you ever read a disclaimer? Tons of companies use similar disclaimers, even if such a disclaimer wouldn't hold in court and even when they never plan to need it.

      Without any info on how much they sell, or what is used for personal identification, this is just another stupid kid's project that amounts to nothing.
    • imanihilist, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15@JesusFaction
      "dont delete your account
      just put up ridiculous data to throw them off"

      Winner! Just make sure you use a fake name.
    • mraustin1337, on 11/07/2007, -9/+304This domain was registered to "Vishal Agarwala" who was on the executive board (http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=albumoftheday&tld=com), co-president, of "Future Business Leaders of America" at "Palm Harbor University High School" (http://phufbla.quangn.net/board.html) the other co-president was Angela Lin who may or may not be this Angela Lin (http://www.angelalin.net/) who is playing Miss Price in Coram Boy. Coram Boy was written by Jamila Gavin (http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=14061) who was born in Mussoorie, India (http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth519D1C3A07dcd22FD0qGi3E9DFF1) which has a place of interest called Gun Hill (http://www.travel-himalayas.com/himalaya-travel-attractions/mussoorie-travel-tours.html).

      Obviously this flash animation is promoting gun violence. Also at least I cited my sources.
    • osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Wake up, posting your personal information on the internet has inherent dangers. I am afraid of systems that collect information and store it in centralized databases and just mine it to find issues with me, BUT I won't complain if I volunteer the information - don't be dumb.
    • erictheninja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18The first thing I thought when I signed up for facebook was, how stupid do you think I am to give you my political orientation, phone numbers, address, etc.? It should be common knowledge that you don't disclose this information. If it's not, then all the horror stories about kids not getting jobs or getting in trouble w/their school b/c an employer or a faculty member had an account on Facebook and read their information should've been a blatant warning.

      I don't want to insult someone because I'm sure it took them a while to find the dramatic music to play in the background, but this is Rick Romero at his finest.
    • Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Wait are you saying that If I give away tons of personal information about myself and post it on the public domain someone might actually look at it and use it for malicious purposes? This is stunning....
    • JerodSlay, on 10/12/2007, -6/+115oh crap! the governments are going to find out my birthday and poking habits.
    • shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1another mirror: http://www.eefoof.com/movie/522
    • Supaman223, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30Bush's Phone taps keep us safe, but the existence of facebook emboldens our enemies
    • themastersb, on 10/26/2007, -21/+7If that girl is under 18 she sounds sexy
    • UCFMark, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10The government might be collecting information about my favorite movies and books? Oh noes!!
      I had better go delete my facebook now.
    • directedition, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7OMG! Facebook knows I liked Legally Blonde! And marketing groups know now! Noooooooooo!
    • JonForTheWin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7"I fell asleep..." gets the most Diggs? . . . wow, we're seriously *****.
    • templest, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5The only reason I watched the whole thing was because of Boards of Canada playing in the background and the cool sliding effects. Very dramatic indeed; now if only they had something new and intriguing to say, I'd be a little ruffled.

      Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go post another emo poem on facebook. Haha, if anyone did any mining on my profile, they'd know I was a pastafarian, and that I'm single looking for "whatever I can get". Psh, good... I'm glad if the information gets around.
    • 0crabby0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Facebooook

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti3havKJDUY
    • airquotes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I hate when a narrative over text reads half as slow as me.
    • cob05, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Well that was the most contrived piece of "journalism" I've ever seen. Talk about stretching... This same principle could be applied to any number of companies or individuals. The guy who created PayPal also funded the movie "Thank You For Smoking" and I guess that was a big Government conspiracy? What a waste of 3 minutes watching that.
    • dkamkar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This was really lame. Not only was this a piece of fearful propaganda but it was so elongated and boring that i couldnt stand to watch all of it. The simple thing that you have to remember is that EVERYONE WILL SEE YOUR FACEBOOK! So if dont want your boss to see you drunk and making an ass of yourself then dont post those pictures. If you dont want those "evil corporations" to get meaningless data on you then take that information off. Just please take some personal responsibility for once in your lives!
    • spedmyster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hey, historians will have a lot of data to study 100 years from now.
    • goob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.facebooktalk.com
  • disposition0010, on 10/12/2007, -36/+3ditto.
  • chriscooley, on 10/12/2007, -18/+35would like to see some more research, but still scary
    • imanihilist, on 10/31/2007, -13/+35It's pretty obvious that Facebook doesn't give a flying ***** about your privacy. The site has almost no security at all. It should also be stated that certain employers can (and do) have unlimited access to Facebook profiles, regardless of privacy settings, thanks to the Patriot Act and other various legislation.

      Facebook is not your friend. Sure, if you are a college student it might help get you laid and give you something to do on your notebook instead of paying attention during class, but always remember that Facebooks goal is not to connect people. It's to harvest information and *eventually* try to use that information to print money.

      Any idiot can have a Facebook account. Set yourself apart, buy a domain and set up a WordPress account...or a blog/website of your own design. If you are actually interesting, it's not that hard to find a "social network" of your own.

      Still, if you just have to be on a social networking site, go for Facebook over MySpace. If you have to have both, because you probably belong to at least 3 other additional networking services already—kill yourself. But if you are a hot chick, definitely post some nudes before you do.
    • Nevrast, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Wait, Facebook can help me get laid?

      // is a college student.
    • TheTaoOfBill, on 10/12/2007, -23/+2It got me laid a couple times...

      of course I'm also decent looking...I don't think it will help you much if you look like jabba the hutt. And it helps if you don't send chicks messages that sound like a creepy stalker "u r so beautiful. I think u shud cum to meet me in my dorm. I'll be waiting lol"
    • shawnanigans, on 10/31/2007, -1/+47Women lie about being single on Facebook. I learned that today in a most terrible way.
    • trogdor282, on 10/12/2007, -6/+291) The sole purpose of Facebook is to share your personal information on the internet.
      2) Obviously there is some huge conspiracy by Facebook to... share your personal information on the internet.
      3) ???
      4) Profit!
    • directedition, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I don't entirely see how marketing groups having favorite book statistics is dangerous for me. I mean, really, what is the absolute WORST that could happen? Suddenly my spam becomes topical?
    • gsurbey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1mmmm.... topical spam... yes, but does it give you a tan?
    • klaymen, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3ugh. another crappy "profit!" joke. you need to make it more simple for it to work. and they are supposed to be steps on how to make a profit. not circumstances that are occuring that may lead to profit via an unknown method. for example:



      1. create social networking site
      2. spy on teh users
      3. ???
      4. profit!
    • PlainJoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"It should also be stated that certain employers can (and do) have unlimited access to Facebook profiles, regardless of privacy settings, thanks to the Patriot Act and other various legislation."

      I see that Facebook has increased the user's ability to limit what is publicly available...but I have no doubt that all of our information is theirs for selling. I assume that the Patriot Act would allow various government agencies to summon up anything they want...but what other "employers" are you suggesting?
  • osuguy, on 10/17/2007, -23/+127haha rrrrright, this girl is connecting people four-five past employers away. One lady that joined a company from a government organization, that's not directly connected to facebook. Common. Saying that this says facebook is an evil government organization only there to steal our data is.... just not probable. If this is a problem, maybe she should do a video on google's massive searchable index of americans. Facebook can only gather what you place in it, or what it gets from google. Buried as retarted.

    I also like looking at drunken half naked girls on a daily basis. Long live facebook.
    • deuceswilde, on 11/07/2007, -7/+187And all those people are connected to Kevin Bacon, that's the scariest part.
    • sleepwalkers, on 10/17/2007, -23/+81BUT OMG DON'T YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE 9/11 CONSPIRACY AND HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS LYING TO YOU AND BUSH IS EVIL AND IRAQ IS A SHAM? FACEBOOK IS JUST THE GOVTS NEXT FRONTIER!!!!
      MY STORY WAS BURIED BY DIGG! *cry*
      [/heavy sarcasm with a liberal dose of crappy grammar and caps lock.]
    • Tebixan, on 10/17/2007, -5/+15My worry is how long they hold on to this information. As a college student, I have occasionally drank too much and done stupid stuff, and my friends of course took pictures and promptly posted them on facebook. Thats fine right now, but I don't want to get into my career and have someone dig them up and try to hurt me with them.

      It would suck if a private party with friends right now turned into corporate weaponry 30 years from now.
    • mraustin1337, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Exactly. I'd like to know if some individual just made this or if it was sponsored.
    • MScrip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11> "My worry is how long they hold on to this information. As a college student, I have occasionally drank too much and done stupid stuff, and my friends of course took pictures and promptly posted them on facebook. Thats fine right now, but I don't want to get into my career and have someone dig them up and try to hurt me with them. It would suck if a private party with friends right now turned into corporate weaponry 30 years from now."

      Even before Facebook, things can always come back to haunt you. Like when you run for President, and people find out you did drugs in college..... or you run for governor and stories surface that you have groped women for the past 30 years... etc.

      Everything you do is documented... somewhere. It might be stored in someone's mind... but it's there.

      And all this happened way before Facebook.

      Either stay locked up and never leave your house... or live life and have fun. The same rules apply in real life as they do on Facebook... don't do or show anything illegal.
    • TheTaoOfBill, on 10/31/2007, -1/+13No one is going to care if you got drunk in college. Everyone gets drunk in college.
    • Tebixan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Its not the drinking that I'm worried about, its what happens while drinking
  • hustl3, on 11/05/2007, -5/+40The voice man... the voice.
  • hello2usir, on 10/12/2007, -7/+31Okay, so Facebook readily discloses their privacy policy.
    If there's anybody for the facebook users to be angry at here it's themselves for not reading it.
  • SonicRush, on 10/12/2007, -13/+31It's loose change all over again...
    I would like to see a lot more hard proof before just assuming all this is true.
    Also calling it "The Facebook" is as bad as "The Google"
    Chances are she's never even used it.

    If you go to facebook and look at the privacy policies, they have it spelled out very clearly what they do and don't do with your information.
    This vid is all about the FUD.
    • msashlay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+46I think they call it "The Facebook" out of habit because it used to be www.thefacebook.com while www.facebook.com would take you to a different site.
    • onidraky, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Plus, I may be wrong, but I've seen others go to the site, and I've seen it referred to as "The Facebook" before, even on the site. Though, like I said, I don't go there, I could be wrong.
    • vplakhi, on 02/19/2008, -0/+0yeah. up until 2005 it was known as "The Facebook". they didn't even have the domain 'facebook.com'.
  • Nerfdude, on 10/12/2007, -11/+653 diggs and it's down. nice!
  • Andross01, on 10/12/2007, -7/+77So, lemme get this straight.......because an investor who used to head PayPal happened to be a member of a conservative group that contained a board member who used to be part of an information and intelligence agency that is further linked with the government....

    What is this, six degrees from Kevin Bacon?
    • jjhat1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Isn't it all so very clear.

      I couldn't help but laugh.
    • bryan986, on 10/12/2007, -4/+48The CIA now knows my favorite food is pizza? Oh the horror!
  • Erfus, on 10/19/2007, -14/+5That was inane.
  • UoMDeacon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+97Wait...information I post myself on the internet might be seen by other people???!!!!
    • cinder, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Yeah, that's why I quit posting on the Internet.

      OAIUNDSOUI dammit
    • ArchetypeRyan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Although many of you are scoffing about the 'conspiracy theories' this animation hints at, there are some real world consequences of the myspace/ facebook phenomenon. For instance, Residential Life at my school tends to get 'anonomously e-mailed' photos from facebook and uses these as grounds to fire RA's and other employees. Usually these photos are circumstantial evidence at best, sometimes showing a ResLife employee holding a cup at what appears to be a party.

      Real people lose their jobs and housing because someone tagged them in a photo on facebook; it could presumably happen in other job settings as well.
    • obezyana, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1@ArchetypeRyan - while you have a good point your example sounds more like "Real people lose their jobs because ResLife is run by idiots." A decent employer shouldn't use a photo of someone holding a drink at a party as an excuse to fire someone. I'm actually a bit shocked that a *school* would even consider doing that, just because there's so many opportunities to be the designated driver - so without knowing the whole story, the school could essentially be punishing someone for helping their buzzed friends get home. Now that's a great way to teach personal responsibility, encourage a sense of community, and decrease drunk driving… 
  • shawnz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+19way to quote every license for every service on the face of the earth. who cares?
  • rstarr, on 10/12/2007, -5/+31Wait...what?
    People are upset about this?
    You're posting it on the ***** internet!
    You should see this coming.
    • madk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Agreed. Who cares? How can any of this data ever harm me?

      I love how it is now 'cool' to be anti-social networking.
    • TheSpore, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5I disagree. Just because I am connected to the Internet does not mean I should give up all my rights to privacy. Just because I post to a social networking site (which supposedly has LIMITED access to who can see what) does not mean I give access to everyone to see everything about me or aggregate this data or use the data in ways I don't approve of (like sending me junk mail or having telemarketers call me or affecting my insurance rates and credit reports and job prospects).

      Let's apply your logic to other things... Just because I use a credit card my credit card company and every place I use the credit card gets to aggregate data about me and use this data however they want? Just because I call someone means my phone company and everyone I've called can aggregate data about me and use this information however they want?

      Let's be real here. If I posted the information on a public website of course there is no privacy in that. But The Facebook is not a public website. I'm not really worried about my friends selling me out. I'm worried about corporations who only see dollar signs and have twisted ethical standards.

      I'm tired of not having adequate privacy rights on the Internet or elsewhere. But the Internet should have at least the same level of privacy as everything else, and companies like The Facebook have no right to sell my information or aggregate my information or give it to government on a whim for things like job interviews.

      Hopefully The Facebook has the sense to not breach privacy too often (we know they've done it already, but so far only to the government). But I think the Internet community should be united in standing against this sort of behavior.
    • fotd42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Anyone else notice how sinister the logo for the information awareness office looks? put on your tin hat and read about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Awareness_Office
    • rstarr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@The Spore

      My credit card is not simultaneously connected to millions of other credit cards.
      The internet is slightly different from the real world if you haven't noticed. I would have a hard time gather data on 100 people in the real world, but on the internet...15 minutes. Man this is a network, it is literally a cesspool of information that people tap into constantly and that's it. Your information is put on the internet to have shared and people don't expect that?
      You want privacy?
      Send a letter.
  • Tyr7BE, on 10/12/2007, -1/+53Oh ***** they can't seriously have access to how many students have read Catcher In The Rye. Oh ***** oh Jesus we are SCREWED if they know how many students have read Catcher In The Rye!
    • icebreakerx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Doesn't everyone read Catcher in the Rye?

      It's like standard issue in high school, isn't it?
      • swqt, on 01/07/2008, -1/+1Yes it is strandard issue in high school. So every person who followed the american school education and didn't read the book should be considered as a cheating bastard and NEVER get a job...


        :/
  • fluffypancake, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Dugg for the ripped off music = Boards Of Canada
  • DuFace, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20Why does everything have to be a government conspiracy?
    What happened to the good ol' days when social networks were just social networks?!
    Oh wait..
  • CanOfMDAmp, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5So much of this just seems like a :tinfoil: kind of thing.

    She even says that marketing companies would never pass something like this up. That's just plain ***** obvious. You should have read that nice little thing you got a notice about when you signed up. If they publicly state they will share your information, then don't complain.
    • Hurshai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Thats why I'm glad the front page had an article on proper Tin Foil hat construction.
  • element0, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3how did this girl get access to info like that? i mean the employees of cia and *****.
    • WiseElben, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7ZOMG people actually use Wikipedia, Google, newspapers, magazines, books, biographies, governmental websites, and other things to research stuff?
    • demonotaku, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Through the tubes man. She's using them against the government man. Use their own system to bring them down man. Fight the man, man. Whoooaaa.

      [/sarcasm]
    • element0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5then wtf is wrong with listing her sources?
    • designerjoe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Maybe they are on facebook!
  • Clark3934, on 10/12/2007, -8/+15Oh, this guy invested in Facebook... he just so happened to have served on the board of a company with some lady. This lady just so happened to have previously served on the board of yet another company. This other company just so happened to be priorly affiliated with the CIA.

    HOLY CRAP CONSPIRACY.
    • RussellDovey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Not affiliated with: founded by. Still a tenuous link though. I especially like the sinister link to DARPA.
  • MrFoodMonster, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10OH MY GOD THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO KILL US ALL

    /dons tinfoil
  • calebrown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It's just written down to cover their asses later in the future. If you don't agree to such and have something to worry about...facebook isn't the soapbox for you.
  • choopie911, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Thats a pretty intense privacy policy but oh well.
  • manfrin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Scare tactics, but nevertheless very well made.

    I enjoyed it, but I am taking everything said with a grain of salt.
  • WiseElben, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Oh noes, people are actually affiliated with more than one organization? That is like saying Bob is evil because his father's friend who works for the Root Beer Distribution Company (RBDC) also works for Root of Evil Distribution Company (REDC), which is a data mining collection program. That means that Bob's father's is evil because he is a friend of the evil friend. This means that Bob is evil, because he is the father's son.

    Oh noes.
  • Dragon88, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3So what?

    Really, suppose the government did care that much, and did monitor everything on Facebook. Would it matter? Who in their right mind would post something on facebook that wasn't public knowledge? You've gotta assume that if you put it on the net, AND YOU USE YOUR REAL NAME, people will find out it's you.

    The really interesting thing is that they can do statistics for marketing data. That is genius on their part. I'm not sure how I feel about it myself. Is it bad if the entertainment industry sees that people at my school like a certain type of music and start promoting more bands we like at our campus? I'm don't see anything inheritly wrong with that. It's nothing new. Most of the concerns raised by this have already been raised in the larger debate of privacy vs. new tracking software and the commericalization of public and private spaces - often against the will of those who inhabit them.

    But, I'm curious - would it bother you guys if companies used this info?
    • WiseElben, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Companies have been using our info for marketing for years (though I'm sure you know that). They look at our credit history and send spam (usually in the form of mail) designed for that specific household. Some of the info is useful, but most of it probably isn't. Do you think the publisher of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" would care if it's student's #1 favorite book? Do they not know that the majority of students and young adults are liberals and start to turn more conservative as they grow older?
  • willjc, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2did facebook just get digged?
  • zymosis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3See, its not about what you know, its who you know.
  • buckeye45, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3facebook. canceled.

    http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8639/cbgxl3.gif
    • sleepwalkers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14You fail for actually thinking that Digg would allow you to display images in the comments section.

      *EDIT* Oh damnit. Now I just look like a retard because you took out the [url] and [img] tags you tried to use.
    • tidu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Oh man, imagine digg with [img] tags...
    • pyrotix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If we could post images, Digg would be so much better than 4chan.

      ***** dick nipples!
  • DelSolMan, on 11/07/2007, -1/+36Big Brother is watching you poke.
  • aguynamedben, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2completely laughable. comedic.
  • fujiubear, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2lame!
    • Scagli3tti, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow, I love how you said "lame!" with such gusto! +1 for you kind sir!

      I'm anti-tags.
  • stvspl, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I lost her when she mispronounced "irrevocable"
  • doitintheroad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2It's the Smoking Man who's behind it all.
  • scottalexander, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2What about if Google decided to use their info? You think they don't sell some of those statistics? Here's an idea, if you don't want someone to know something about you.... don't post it on THE INTERNET.
  • jared9985, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Wow that was entirely too long. If you are paranoid, like this girl, that Facebook is conspiracy there is a simple solution. Don't sign up.

    Besides, I'm sure your information is so much more protected with MySpace. *rolls eyes*
  • shteinb, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14This is silly. The story of how Facebook was founded is very clear and documented. It started as a hot or not thing at Harvard for undergraduates. However Marc Zuckberg happened to have broken a number of Computer Services policies(taking people's private info from house lists without permission) and therefore the site was quickly shut down. It quickly morphed into something else. As it became extremely popular at Harvard it spread to other Ivies and eventually to other schools. You can read more at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook ... but hey the evil government probably wrote the article anyway.

    As for privacy? If you are putting stuff there that you don't want others to know... well thats just retarded. Its a ***** social networking website.
  • gharding, on 11/05/2007, -3/+7What a waste of flash. Why can't you type it so us people that know how to read don't have to sit there and listen to some stupid movie.
    • ryryindo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"What a waste of flash. Why can't you type it so us people that know how to read don't have to sit there and listen to some stupid movie."

      she did, entitled: "more information"
      what was that about reading?
    • RussellDovey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Because then it would be about one paragraph long plus the flowchart.
  • deathtom64, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0her voice was sooo exciting!! I mean it jolted me with a shot of adrenaline every time she spoke!!!

    ....anyways if this is all true then your no better off on myspace.....
  • VhaidraU, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9If you look at all those dotted lines and trace that pattern on to a piece of Reynold's Wrap it is the secret directions to make a tin foil cap, which will protect you from imaginary things that do not exist!
  • ThomasNewman1, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Hey so...it isn't loading, what's it about?
  • dmeyers, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Echelon has been around since... 1962, I think? This isn't anything new. We never really had any privacy from the government.
  • digga34, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Damn that was boring..
  • LethaLAziE, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0www.duggmirror.com
  • amdinator, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15I just watched this in its entirety. And you know what? I don't care. Almost everything online (and even many hard copy offline services) have a similar TOS, it's not just facebook. And why should I care if all this stuff I post is getting lumped into a database? Do any of you believe that someone will actually go through each and every file individually? No. As demonstrated very well by this flash, it all goes into charts and mass statistics which I actually think are pretty cool. I see no reason to worry about any of their arguments. The CIA already knows our phone numbers, addresses, etc. This is nothing new.

    As far as other users collecting data about you, your facebook can be set to only allow viewing from friends.Otherwise, the default is to only allow viewing by others in your networks. Unlike myspace, facebook is not indexed by google. I don't see what all the fuss is about.
  • BigO, on 10/12/2007, -8/+8ripped off an article i wrote over a year ago.

    http://www.campusprogress.org/features/769/what-you-dont-know-about-facebook
    • SeismicShock, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Damn, that's a straight up gank
    • CoBLeviathan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of this piece. An earlier version incorrectly implied that U.S. intelligence agencies were involved in Facebook and may have been read as suggesting that Facebook played a role in disseminating information to authorities. CampusProgress.org regrets these errors."

      From "your" article.
  • DECwakeboarder, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0It's called covering their ass...most smart corporations that don't want to get sued out the ass do it.
  • Nlewis4, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5OH NO THEY KNOW I LIKE A MOVIE!!!!

    anyone that gives a ***** about this needs to get a life
    • xstephx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I totally agree. Welcome to the Internet... When you post some info about you, people can use it. Thanks for stating the obvious..
  • eatsushi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11all that data marketers are collecting, and they still can't get ***** that we want.
  • OMGLINUXWOAH, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4>>Do any of you believe that someone will actually go through each and every file individually


    Do people like you even understand the concept of data mining, or do you picture a computer with a hard hat and shovel.

    Congratulations you stumbled onto something that venture capitalists who develop products have known about for ~3 years. Facebook myspace and all that other look at me ***** of the "web 2.0 culture" are just data mining factories, that you allow you to refine and taylor your product so that it will be more successful.



    Of course most people don't care about being consumer whores in America, with the way we champion mcdonalds wear advertising slogans on clothing we paid for, and get openly hostile about brand loyalty. Most people are massive tools anyway, this is just another great way to exploit them and its not going away. In short I can't think of better motivation to be a venture capitalist.
    • Bensch, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Actually, they allow us to "tailor" our products.

      And we won't be hiring you. :)
    • amdinator, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1That's not what I meant. What I meant was, do these people really think a real person at the CIA or elsewhere will /individually/ examine each and every file, learn everything about you, etc? Why should anyone care if not? It all goes into mass statistics that you as a single entity have no influence over. Unless a real person is sifting through your data, which they are not, why should we be concerned?
  • hbeierg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4this whole thing is ridiculous, but if the C.I.A. wants to know what my favorite movies are why would i even care its a price to pay for having a great social networking site. also facebook "PULSE" doesn't even exist any more someone should tell her
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