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Facebook Ending "@facebook.com" Email System

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday February 26 2014, @09:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the And-nothing-of-value-was-lost dept.

lhsi writes:

"The BBC is reporting that starting in early March, Facebook is ending its @facebook.com e-mail system, due to a lack of use. E-mails sent to a users @facebook.com address will now be 'forwarded to the personal email address from which the member signed up for the site'.

If this is the e-mail address that is the personalised user URL followed by @facebook.com, does that mean that users will potentially be exposed to e-mail spam through it? The @facebook.com e-mails can be pieced together easily enough (and go to an 'Other' folder in the Facebook Messages area without notifying users so can currently be ignored), but actual e-mail addresses, including ones that could now have e-mails forwarded to, can be kept private. There is little information about this at the moment, even on the Facebook newsroom."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by darthservo on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:32PM

    by darthservo (2423) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:32PM (#7336)

    I have little patience for people complaining that their "email address is public!". Yes, it's mildly annoying if Facebook exposes this for everyone, but no more annoying than the 1/2 dozen new violations of privacy they embark on monthly, most of which you probably don't even know about.

    So, it's ok that my landlord moves my computer out into the street because he's also starting a comparatively worse practice of looking at my bank records?

    Don't get me wrong; if one joins a free service they are indeed the product. And they've agreed to whatever terms the company dictates so long as they want to continue using said product. However, organizations should understand that there is still a need to follow enough respectful practices so as not to make enough people mad that they lose their 'product'.

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  • (Score: 1) by mechanicjay on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:00PM

    by mechanicjay (7) <mechanicjayNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:00PM (#7356) Homepage Journal

    So, it's ok that my landlord moves my computer out into the street because he's also starting a comparatively worse practice of looking at my bank records?

    I understand what you're saying, but that's actually sort of my point. For the computer, I'd be like, "WTF Dude?" For the bank records I'd take legal action. With Facebook, there's plenty to annoyed about, but making an email address public feels like a distraction in light of deeper issues. And yes, you're 100% correct -- with Facebook, you are the product, so righteous indignation only goes so far.

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