-
Viewing all posts tagged "privacy"
-
TSA Announces Facebook Integration For Full Body Scanners
via wondertonic:
John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, announced yesterday that full body scanners at airports across the nation will be seamlessly integrated with Facebook next month, allowing travelers to save, tag, and share their near-naked security photos with friends, family, and co-workers through the popular social networking site. Immediately after being subjected to a scan, the traveler’s photo will be automatically uploaded to a public album on Facebook and tagged accordingly. According to Pistole, this cutting-edge integration will allow travelers to stay more connected than ever with their social networks, letting Facebook users know when their friends have made it through airport security and if they are smuggling weapons in their rectums in real time.
Foursquare integration is rumored to be rolled out in 2011.
-
After seeing a friend’s re-post of the recent aggregation of Facebook contacts’ phone numbers into a “Phonebook” (available by navigating through Accounts > Edit Friends > Contacts), I double-checked the privacy setting of my phone number. (Account > Privacy Preferences > Customize Settings > Contact Info). Yup, my number is set to be displayed to “Only Me.” i.e. It’s private.
Or at least, it’s supposed to be. Two different friends were able to send me screenshots of their Phonebook, in which my mobile number is clearly visible. Interestingly, I wasn’t on a third friend’s list.
What gives?? Can anyone replicate?
ADDENDUM: I’m told this is a “known issue” as of yesterday (thx @myrcurial ;) ). Apparently if you clicked through the TOS on your iPhone/Android Facebook app, you might have missed the part where it said it will slurp up ALL your friends’ data. “Please make sure your friends are comfortable with any use you make of their information.” hah. What a fucking joke.
Thus, the privacy setting that exists controls display of your mobile number on the info section of your profile, but is totally unrelated to your friends’ phonebooks. There is no way to opt out of Facebook matching your # to your identity, if any friend uses the mobile app. You can delete YOUR list of contacts, but that does nothing to blacklist your number from FB’s cloud if sourced from a friend. >:( Do not want.
-
Free Speech’s Weak Links Under Internet Blacklist Bills
The Internet Blacklist bills — the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) — would have a disastrous effect on online freedom of speech. In order to understand the ways a site placed on the blacklist could be denied a chance to connect with an audience, we’ve used our Free Speech is Only as Strong as the Weakest Link chart.
Based on Postage by Greg Cooper. Everything heavily modified by me.
*Unlikely to find your lost post using this but you can try...
Comments