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Facebook pilot links user profiles with online news subscriptions:
It works like this: When Facebook identifies that a user subscribes to a participating publisher, it will invite the user to link their subscription account. Once the accounts are connected, if the user clicks on a paywalled link via Facebook, they won't have to sign-in to access the content. Users who link their Facebook and news accounts will also see more stories from those publishers in Facebook News.
Facebook is testing the feature with a handful of publishers, ranging from The Atlantic to the Winnipeg Free Press, and early test results are promising. In June, subscribers who linked their Facebook accounts made 111 percent more article clicks compared to those who didn't link their accounts, Facebook said in a blog post.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by PinkyGigglebrain on Thursday September 03 2020, @08:50AM (3 children)
in answer to your question : Yes
Everything you mentioned, the coffee truck, the dating apps, etc. are all optional. You don't need them to live your life. Any business that makes it so I have to have a FB account to interact with them loses my business. Government? if they make it so people have to have an FB account to access public services and data they will get sued.
And to those people who can't respect my desire to protect my privacy they can fuck off. I will, and have, laugh when their bank accounts and email get compromised thanks to all the info they posted on their FB pages. All those security questions, first pet, high school, favorite sport, etc., its all right there on you FB page.
It is amazing how fast they go from thinking I'm a "fringe nut job" to someone who is a lot smarter than they are about privacy and security when they lose a bunch of money and have to explain to their mother why she is getting email from them with links to porn sites, etc..
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Thursday September 03 2020, @11:59AM (1 child)
> Government? if they make it so people have to have an FB account to access public services and data they will get sued.
A bit off topic (google not fb) but ... just for your interest, turn on umatrix or firefox lightning plugin and then see how many government websites deploy google analytics. It is many in the UK, including for example NHS.
(Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Thursday September 03 2020, @10:05PM
Actually very off topic, and totally irrelevant. The OP was talking about a FB membership being required to do things, not about being being passively tracked by Google (an issue unto itself). I've used .gov websites with google analytics blocked without any issues.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @07:26PM
Not if they're smart and requiere a FB account for access to the court system first.