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In reply to the discussion: People Without Facebook Accounts Are Deemed 'Suspicious' -- Forbes [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)68. Facebook CIA Project
This is parodic satire, but it may be kind of true in a way.
I have never for a nanosecond considered joining Facebook. So many of my friends say "You should join Facebook!"
NFW.
And I don't need to volunteer info to my "file". If they want info, I'm going to at least make them work for it.
I am a huge privacy advocate, and am of the opinion that credit checks should be illegal. Businesses and government have way too much legal license to snoop into our personal affairs, and I resent it. I was livid when the Reagan crowd passed the employee drug testing bill.
Before I die, I hope to see it become a serious criminal offense for businesses to gather any information on private citizens.
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People Without Facebook Accounts Are Deemed 'Suspicious' -- Forbes [View all]
Leopolds Ghost
Nov 2012
OP
The real question is: how much like Facebook is DU, message boards, and offline getting?
Leopolds Ghost
Nov 2012
#2
Agree. I don't share my DU handle with friends for that reason(not that they really care).
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#54
Frankly, I feel nothing but scornful pity for those who think this way and reject privacy.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#25
Farhad Manjoo is *staggeringly* stupid, though. I invite you to read the comment
Romulox
Nov 2012
#39
Forbes' business subscribers want to make money off your freely provided information
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#48
I had a Facebook account for about three years, but shut it down recently....
OldDem2012
Nov 2012
#52
My neighbor rents her condo out short-term via a bed and breakfast website called Air B&B.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#55