[IP] Facebook's Privacy Backlash

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Date: September 6, 2006 11:27:59 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: lauren@vortex.com
Subject: Facebook's Privacy Backlash


Dave,

Apparently many student "Facebook" users have rebelled against a new
"timestamped" feed that details minute by minute actions by others.
See: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1532225,00.html

What's particularly interesting about this isn't so much the utter
cluelessness and carelessness of privacy-invasive features without
acceptable flexibility in user controls, but rather the insight
we gain into how much privacy invasion such users will accept before
they finally say "enough is enough."

Perhaps more students are finally starting to see the privacy light
at the end of the tunnel, despite the marketing hype blasting at
them from all sides on a virtual 24/7 basis.  Of course, unless
students also ultimately vote with their pocketbooks and wallets, the
butchers of privacy -- wherever they may be -- will still win
in the end.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com or lauren@pfir.org
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, IOIC
   - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net
Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com




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