I have a Facebook account. I enjoy it because it allows me to stay in contact with my friends and family. My son doesn't have a Facebook account and he doesn't trust them. He thinks it's just another way for the government to keep tabs on us. How do you all feel about it? Do you trust Facebook?
I haven't used Facebook since 2010. I got rid of my account and never went back. There are more enjoyable ways to wreck your privacy and compromise your personal information than by farting around with a corrupted waste of time like Facebook. I'm amazed that it didn't disappear years ago, but many Americans are known throughout the world today for... well... not being terribly bright.
No. I’m still stuck on the notion that selling others private property is legal. Yes, I know waivers/contracts are “signed” but we should never have gotten to that step in the thought process. Personally, I believe the trade, compiling and selling personal data, should be completely shut down. Yes, I know, that is Facebook’s business model and I understand the market ramifications. Still the rewards don’t outweigh the dangers to private citizens. The health and well-being of private citizens should be the first rather than the last thought when creating public policy.
One can use FB without being tracked if one is careful. But whats the point? I say Boycott it. Not only is it a ploy to sell metadata to be used to fleece the consumer, but its a social engineering and psych warfare op as well. It also makes people obsessive over what should be mundane. Give it up for a few months. Trust me- you won't want to go back.
I don't have an account. I call or text family and friends. I don't see the value of Facebook. My understanding is that Facebook collects and markets some amount of its user's information. Facebook is not a government agency, so I don't understand that concern. The government collects and stores all electronic communications.
Excellent post -- every single word of it! I tried FB in 2010 for a very few months, and for all the reasons that would either annoy or alarm someone with even barely-average intelligence (or both), I got rid of it! Your observation about these 'social' platforms making people so obsessive is a clarion-call to WAKE THE HELL UP! People spend unbelievable amounts of time, effort and mental energy playing with these kinds of silly, superfluous crap instead of doing something that really benefits themselves -- mostly because it's so easy to pull away from reality and pretend like all this 'social' idiocy is somehow 'important'....
That would have so much more impact if you hadn't just posted it to a silly, superfluous internet forum.
Since FB began I've never had an account. imo it's a bad idea. My wife has an account and it's so trivial and she let's it steal her time. But she's spending less and less time on it, diminishing returns she says.
My son is an intelligent, hardworking young man. I raised him well. You will notice that he said it's ANOTHER way for the government to keep tabs on us. He knows there are lots of other ways they can monitor us.
Tell your son that the government already has got all the information on him that exists and will automatically accrue more throughout his lifetime, and so he might as well do whatever he wants anyway. Privacy is now a non-issue.
True, but then again. . . Any time you're online, you're putting your data out there. You can't really stop that. Web sites can block you if you block the collection of your data. They don't all do that, but they can. And then there is the computer itself. Most of us use Windows and, like it or not, a lot of our usage is collected used in various ways. Even worse, we're on the edge of an evolution in AI that is at that core of your phone, computer, and any other device that has access to a network. Even my cpap machine sends daily reports on my usage, like it or not. Boycotting FB is not a bad idea. I dumped my account years ago. Still, I don't think that stops the collection of our data by lots of other sources. Nor is this data collection anything new (just much more prevalent). This poem by Auden was published in 1940, and it takes a sarcastic look at the collection of data to create personal profiles. The Unknown Citizen W. H. Auden - 1907-1973 (To JS/07 M 378 This Marble Monument Is Erected by the State) He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be One against whom there was no official complaint, And all the reports on his conduct agree That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint, For in everything he did he served the Greater Community. Except for the War till the day he retired He worked in a factory and never got fired, But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc. Yet he wasn't a scab or odd in his views, For his Union reports that he paid his dues, (Our report on his Union shows it was sound) And our Social Psychology workers found That he was popular with his mates and liked a drink. The Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day And that his reactions to advertisements were normal in every way. Policies taken out in his name prove that he was fully insured, And his Health-card shows he was once in hospital but left it cured. Both Producers Research and High-Grade Living declare He was fully sensible to the advantages of the Instalment Plan And had everything necessary to the Modern Man, A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire. Our researchers into Public Opinion are content That he held the proper opinions for the time of year; When there was peace, he was for peace: when there was war, he went. He was married and added five children to the population, Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation. And our teachers report that he never interfered with their education. Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.
search: facial recognition software... an app has already been made utilizing the databases from google, facebook, twitter and other 'social media'... a stalker can now load your image into the app & it will search every known camera (security & otherwise) linked to the 'cloud' and let them know exactly where you are... careful what you wish for... facebook was never a 'cool' idea...
Faceback phobia appears to cross party lines. Seems strange to see my conservative friends boycotting something because of a CNN report. Facebook is merely a social platform. Google Earth, on the other hand, will share pics of your house to anybody who asks. The internet has known you since you loaded that first AOL floppy disk and signed in. It's ridiculous to think you have any online privacy.
Not true. For starters, no one has anyway to know who is actually typing on my keyboard. I don't use apps like Uber either. You give them the right to take over everything on your phone including your camera. If you've been foolish since day 1, then yes, you're screwed. Those of us who used our heads are not.
I use facial recognition on my phone, but I wouldn't have it on my computer. Of course, I don't do any social media on either device.
if you've ever posted a selfie on any platform, you are now part of the database for certain software/apps (legal & otherwise)... the newest facial recognition app has already downloaded every picture ever posted up on the internet, it's now possible to use that app to track anyone whom is in that database (for good or for bad)... it used to be only for authorities... that's no longer true...
