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Facebook Says It Needs to Collect All Your Data to Protect Against Terrorism and Child Abuse
[...] From Facebook's statement this morning (emphasis ours):
Facebook has always been about connecting you with people and information you're interested in. We tailor each person's Facebook experience so it's unique to you, and we use a variety of information to do this – including the information you include on your profile, news stories you like or share and what other services share with us about your use of their websites and apps. Using information across our services also helps us protect people's safety and security, including, for example, identifying abusive behavior and disabling accounts tied to terrorism, child exploitation and election interference across both Facebook and Instagram.
By the end of Facebook's statement the company leans heavily into the claim that everybody else is doing it, so why can't they—which may be the most terrifying point.
"Every day, people interact with companies that connect and use data in similar ways. And all of this should be–and is–a legitimate area of focus for regulators and policymakers around the world. Yet the Bundeskartellamt is trying to implement an unconventional standard for a single company," Facebook said.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Friday February 08 2019, @05:34PM (12 children)
Including bank details, schedules, web browsing details, purchasing habits, contact details and photos of family, friends and employers/colleagues.
If I don't get this information from you RIGHT NOW, terrorist, child molester, rapist, meth addicted dwarves from Montevideo.
Please help me keep the children safe! I only want to keep you and your family safe!
It's funny, I received the following email yesterday, and this guy wants to keep me safe just like Facebook. Gosh! I'm lucky that there are such good people on the earth:
The only difference is that this guy wants money directly from me and won't share data with others, whereas Facebook will sell access to that data with anyone or everyone in perpetuity. Hmm...You know, I think I'd rather deal with the spammer than Facebook.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 08 2019, @05:43PM (2 children)
The big question: Do we even want to know? Maybe it's best you keep it secret.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @06:34PM
Of course he's a freak, he visits soylentnews! (far outside the normal course!)
(Score: 3, Funny) by NotSanguine on Friday February 08 2019, @07:08PM
I have less than 24 hours before my masturbatory activities and the porn to which I engaged in them are made public.
As such, you have no choice, Runaway. If you want to keep it from your tender eyes, maybe you should pay the spammer:
Don't forget, there's less than 24 hours left. Better hurry!
Then again, given that the webcam I own is in a box in my closet, the best you can hope for is my taste in porn (gay furry water sports, anyone?).
More seriously, Facebook's tactics are quite similar to this spammer's, which is why I brought it up.
The spammer lies:
"I have compromising information about you. If you don't want it released (that is, bad things will happen to you), you must pay."
Facebook lies:
"Give us all your information so we can aggregate and sell it (that is, you must pay) or bad things will happen to you."
Don't worry Runaway. My porn browsing habits and in-home activities are quite outside the purview of such a spammer. And my personal information (that which Facebook doesn't already have) is outside the purview of Facebook. I will keep it that way.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 3, Interesting) by nobu_the_bard on Friday February 08 2019, @08:23PM (4 children)
This is a common form of a recent spam campaign.
Currently my favorite had a part something like this:
I passed this one around the office it was so funny. I mean what, did they think everyone was going to go home and come back the next day so we could get exploded? How are they going to kill my family if the bomb's at work? Why would anyone think only terrorists threatening to kill people with bombs is illegal?
(Score: 3, Touché) by NotSanguine on Friday February 08 2019, @08:35PM (1 child)
One is aware, nand' Nobu.
That is amusing. Mostly because the spammer assumes that folks really are *that* dumb. Then again, I'm guessing that there are some folks who are that dumb, as the spammers wouldn't use it unless they got some return.
Which means that there may well be someone at your office right now, looking at you and wondering if it's you who has the bomb. Good luck!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @09:04PM
Well, I imagine if once your collection of spam-generators gets large enough, you start getting bored. So you troll some squares, get a few schools closed, and make all the nerds laugh. You might even get paid for it. Sounds like a good enough reason to me!
(Score: 4, Touché) by takyon on Friday February 08 2019, @09:06PM (1 child)
Don't sweat the small details. I have been assured that it's all legal. 💣💥👍
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 10 2019, @01:48PM
Was a dock size comment really required?
I mean, from the looks of that 5 th picture he needs all the help he can get. No need to be cruel.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @09:58PM (3 children)
You know the sad part?
In less than 2 days that one address already collected 0.67080779 BTC [blockchain.com] or about $4,295.85 at the current change rate.
So, expect getting much more scam mail like that.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday February 08 2019, @10:25PM
Firstly, I'd like to thank Runaway1956 [soylentnews.org] for being one of the four recent transactions, paying to keep such information secret, on my behalf. Not that it makes any difference, but I know he'll have to go without his Booty bump [tweaker.org] for at least a few days because of it.
Secondly, this is not a new scam [google.com] either. I'm sure I will receive more like this (along with all the corporate SPAM I already receive) and will handle it accordingly [mozilla.org].
Thirdly, and this is the most amusing part (for me at least), if someone were to actually release such information about me, I'd do what everyone else does: try to monetize it. I'm not sure how much I could make with split screens of me masturbating while watching kinky porn with shots of the porn too, but just as some morons will pay to keep their "secrets," other morons might pay for that.
Regardless, P.T. Barnum (or whoever actually said it) [wikipedia.org] was right. That's how it's always been and likely how it always will be. More's the pity.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by G-forze on Friday February 08 2019, @10:33PM (1 child)
Either your math's a bit off, or your living in the past. Many months past.
If I run into the term "SJW", I stop reading.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 09 2019, @11:46AM
Sure, you are right. 1BTC = $3500 right now, but for this it really doesn't matter much, isn't it?