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Facebook - Users No Longer Have A Say In Its Privacy Rules

All I can say is, there is life without Facebook.

Users who "voice their rage and dissatisfaction" but stay anyway deserve what they get.

reply to FF4m3
"Facebook announced today that it will no longer let users have a say in its privacy policies."
Hm... Have Facebook users ever had a say in their privacy matters?

reply to FF4m3
The more I hear about Facebook, the happier I am that I've never had an account. There's just too much other stuff that is truly part of my day that I need to concern myself with.

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All I can say is, there is life without Facebook.

Users who "voice their rage and dissatisfaction" but stay anyway deserve what they get.

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reply to FF4m3
It's a good idea to state ALL information, instead of just the part that sounds like omg-the-world-is-ending.

.....Facebook wants to end the voting component of the process in favor of a system that leads to “more meaningful feedback and engagement”, the company’s vice president of communications, public policy and marketing Elliot Schrage wrote in a company blog post.

“We will continue to post significant changes to our Data Use Policy and SRR and provide a seven-day period for review and comment. As always, we will carefully consider your feedback before adopting any changes,; Schrage explained. “We will also provide additional notification mechanisms, including email, for informing you of those changes. In the coming weeks, we will roll out new ways of responding to your questions and comments about Facebook.

The Data Use Policy also includes updates that provide more descriptions about Facebook’s practices and reflect changes to their products.....

»www.eweek.com/security/facebook-···olicies/
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The more I hear about Facebook, the happier I am that I've never had an account.

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reply to FF4m3

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Citizens! Did the election earlier this month get you all psyched about voting? Are you ready to go out and vote for all the things? Well, too bad, because according to TechCrunch Facebook wants to do away with users’ option of voting on proposed changes to the site’s privacy policy.

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reply to FF4m3
You can read the real beast: "SSR" ostensibly would be Statement of Rights and Responsibilities:
»www.facebook.com/legal/proposedSRR

reply to FF4m3
FUD Alert! Bull-ony.

This incorrect. How about checking things out before posting.

From and email I received from Facebook:

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We recently announced some proposed updates to our Data Use Policy, which explains how we collect and use data when people use Facebook, and our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), which explains the terms governing use of our services.

The updates provide you with more detailed information about our practices and reflect changes to our products, including:

New tools for managing your Facebook Messages;Changes to how we refer to certain products;Tips on managing your timeline; andReminders about what's visible to other people on Facebook.

We are also proposing changes to our site governance process for future updates to our Data Use Policy and SRR. We deeply value the feedback we receive from you during our comment period but have found that the voting mechanism created a system that incentivized quantity of comments over the quality of them. So, we are proposing to end the voting component in order to promote a more meaningful environment for feedback. We also plan to roll out new engagement channels, including a feature for submitting questions about privacy to our Chief Privacy Officer of Policy.

We encourage you to review these proposed changes and give us feedback before we finalize them. Please visit the "Documents" tab of the Facebook Site Governance Page »www.facebook.com/fbsitegovernance to learn more about these changes and to submit comments before 9 AM PST on November 28, 2012.

You can also follow and like the Site Governance Page for updates on this process and on any future changes to our Data Use Policy or SRR.

Tips:

Your timeline: You have settings that help you design how your timeline will appear to others, like hiding things from your timeline. Remember that this only impacts whether those things are visible on your timeline. Those posts are still visible elsewhere, like in news feed, on other people's timelines, or in search results. You can delete your own posts from your timeline or activity log, or ask someone else to delete a post you're tagged in.Cookies info: Technologies like cookies, pixels, and local storage are used to deliver, secure, and understand products, services, and ads, on and off Facebook. Learn more about how we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies.

Thanks,
The Facebook Team

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reply to FF4m3
There is no privacy on social media.

If you post stupid things that attached to your name, expect people to read it.

I don't understand and never will understand this entire privacy thing on someone else's service.
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reply to Mike
Devils Advocate....

So you'd be ok with your bank selling your information to marketers and you suddenly start receiving "odd" magazines from your debit/credit card activity. That could be Parenting/Baby mags to "Adult" mags.

I would assume you would have that expectation of privacy, despite it "being someone else's service" to wit, your bank's

Entirely different.

Banking is not public domain.

It's optional. I can't go to a public site and look up banking statements.

I can go to Facebook and look up whatever someone posts and info processed will be at your discretion and to whatever permissions you have it set to display per role. If you post something yourself you are giving that info to whoever owns that cloud service.

Banks already sell your shopping habits based on zip code. Don't like it? Do t join.

If you post something on the cloud (Facebook, Dropbox, aws based stuff, google) expect it to be harvested and crawled.

I'm not defending the practice but people aren't complete innocent victims.
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"If something about the human body disgusts you, complain to the manufacturer" - Lenny Bruce
What this country needs is a good five dollar plasma weapon.

reply to FF4m3
Yea - gotta love the FUD (for now) of the OP... Lovely biased posting in its finest.

I really do not worry about their policies - I VERY rarely Like anything but friends news, don't play the games, don't do anything with apps, and severely limit my information I add into my profile. My profile is not searchable as well.

Don't give them the information - and FB can't use it.
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

I convinced my GF to ditch Facebook and am now Facebook free!!

It's blocked in the hosts file on her machine now too.

good riddance rat infested sheep site

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