End of Privacy: Your Facebook ID is marketers' Holy Grail

[wtmusic]

"Armed with your e-mail address, data miners can hit Facebook and match it up with your user ID. That key unlocks a treasure trove of personal information.

At bare minimum, your ID provides access to your name and profile photo, no matter what privacy settings you have. Those who stick with Facebook's recommended settings will reveal even more: their location, hometown, list of friends, lots of photos, and many of their "likes," such as activities and interests.

That's a goldmine for companies that are trying to target their products to you."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/End-of-Privacy-Your-Facebook-cnnm-3227174422.html?x=0

[leveymg]

1. Facebook is a f-cking e-business. And you expect - privacy?

HTML5 cookies used by Facebook track you everywhere you go on the web - your e-mail, your site browsing, the images you view. It's like a commercial version of the NSA - no warrants required.

[WinkyDink]

2. Facebook is a choice, not a mandate. :-)

[madmax]

3. Well WTF

No wonder I keep getting spammed with ads, pills, appliances for penis enhancers. :wtf:

I'm older, female and the only reason I use FB is to post links, articles and my 2 cents about the shit state of the world and our country. It annoys some of the idjits but, I have gotten a few to take a closer look.

Maybe the marketers think I have 'penis envy.' Not so, I know I'm the biggest prick in the valley ;p

[leveymg]

4. Skip FB, just post your .02 on DU. You won't get spammed,

just occasionally flamed. But, hey, "if you stand stand the heat . . ."

[madmax]

6. Peaching to the choir here.

FB is an opportunity to engage without being confrontational. Just enough to make some begin to go hmmmmmmm.

DU - Occasional Flame :rofl: have you been reading our posts lately ;) :evilgrin: There is so much infighting I'm begining to feel as if I'm reliving my first marriage. :rofl:

Uh, that preaching to the choir statement, I must say - not so lately.

[leveymg]

7. I stay because I still like the music here. That's enough for me. ;-)

[notesdev]

5. Why I don't use Facebook, reason #8276

[Cheap_Trick]

8. Since my user IDis my old e-mail address, I DON'T use the "recommended settings,

and I use a cartoon pic a lot for my profile, then good luck to them.