{"id":1923,"date":"2012-02-17T20:51:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T20:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/it\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2017-01-06T20:37:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T04:37:49","slug":"not-facebook-try-one-social-web-or-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/it\/not-facebook-try-one-social-web-or-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Facebook – Try “One Social Web” or Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Obama warned Virgina high-school students in September 2009<\/em> — <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBe careful about what you post on Facebook, because in the YouTube age whatever you do will be pulled up later somewhere in your life.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Not<\/a>

Not Facebook
Credit: twrtoday.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Facebook’s President, Mark Zuckerberg himself admitted in 2004 how stupid it is to trust Facebook with your information1<\/sup><\/p>\n

“They trust me [with their personal information]. Dumb f**ks<\/em>.”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As for me — I do have a Facebook account . . . BUT I do NOT and will NOT use Facebook for communication – or anything else !<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Please — *** NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, respond to a request from my Facebook account.<\/strong><\/span><\/em> (If you get a request from my Facebook account – it is almost certainly a scammer.)<\/p>\n

This may seem a startling announcement from someone who has been at the leading edge of computer and information technology for decades.<\/p>\n

I’m not alone. Here’s an article by Wired UK\u2019s Editor David Rowan “Six Reasons Why I\u2019m Not On Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I do understand the benefits of web based Social Networks, and if you read to the end of this article, I will let you know when I have found a system I can trust to genuinely protect you and me both. (None as of 2016)<\/p>\n

I particularly want Elected officials and government employees\u00a0to understand how much private information they are exposing by using Facebook, so they can adopt laws and regulations protecting our privacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(And NO, I do not “friend” anyone on Facebook for the reasons you will soon see . . .)<\/p>\n

Here are the:<\/p>\n

Top 10 Reasons I Refuse To Use Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Warning: If you viscerally \u201clove\u201d Facebook \u2013 you should stop reading right here) . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

Update June 2012: Facebook switches off your email and forces you to use their own rusty email addresses. Oops they forgot to ask your permission first – for the 7th time.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Outline \u2013 (Examples and links below this short list)<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Facebook Constantly Lies to You<\/a> (and makes money from it).<\/strong>
\n 2. Facebook Helps Burglars get your stuff !<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 (and makes money from it)<\/strong>
\n 3. Facebook Helps Stalkers Find You or your Children<\/a>\u00a0 ! (. . . you get the idea)<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Total Privacy Violations<\/strong> (Facebook<\/strong> reads, records and permanently records everything you post<\/strong><\/em> – even your most private messages – and even after you have deleted your account<\/span> <\/strong>!<\/a>),<\/p>\n

5. Systematic Privacy Violation Ratchet<\/strong>: \u00a0Facebook regularly deliberately turns your Privacy Off with No Warning<\/strong> and then only retreats partially after public outroar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

6. Privacy Complexity<\/strong>: Facebook deliberately makes Privacy choices difficult and onerous; fiercely refuses to make it easy<\/a><\/strong>. Why? because —<\/p>\n

7. Facebook sells your private data \u2014 hundreds of times – and makes $Billion$ of dollars selling your private information<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Its not paranoid when they are really after you.” – Martin Luther King<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

8. Facebook Helps Government and Criminals and Bullies \u2013 Spy On You For Free<\/a> !<\/strong><\/p>\n

9. Facebook Helps the CIA Censor You<\/strong> \u2013 Without Any Reason<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Copyright Extortion<\/strong> (remember the agreement you clicked on to sign up? You can’t get a Facebook account unless you agree to let them use everything you write and all your photographs \u2013 for free, — for EVER<\/a> ! )<\/p>\n

Serious threats of \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

11. Bullying Encouragement (17 year old girl named Alexis Skye Pilkington is dead because of cyber-bullying<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

12. Identity Theft<\/a><\/strong> (OK, I threw in 7 more reasons – at no extra charge.)<\/p>\n

13. Hacker Scams and Spams<\/a><\/strong>,<\/p>\n

14. Even if you don’t have a Facebook account – Facebook tracks you !!!<\/a><\/strong> — and probably the most obvious —<\/p>\n

15. Facebook is a Time Drain (Black Hole)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

16. Update Feb 2013<\/strong>: ** Don’t Use Facebook’s “Like” Button<\/strong> unless you know you are signing up for unlimited subscriptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

17. Auto-Friend ! See any new names as “Friends” with no photograph, that you don’t know and you’ve never approved?<\/strong><\/p>\n

___________________________________________<\/center>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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      \n
    1. Facebook Constantly Lies to You<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

      “They trust me [with their personal information].<\/strong>
      \n Dumb fucks.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook President, 2004<\/strong> 1<\/sup><\/a><\/center>It may not be possible to catalog all the lies and evasive answers given by Facebook related to their violations documented here.
      \n<\/a><\/p>\n

      “Facebook Keeps Telling Lies: Facebook claims it’s really truly interested in protecting your privacy. Don’t you believe it”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      “Facebook Keeps Telling Lies,” by Dan Tynan, Itworld,<\/a> May 2010 2<\/sup><\/p>\n

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          \n
        1. Facebook Helps Burglars Full-Time !<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

          Facebook (and Burglars) Track you Everywhere you Go !
          \n          http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_19029_6-things-social-networking-sites-need-to-stop-doing.html<\/a><\/p>\n

          *** Tip: NEVER, NEVER announce or even mention your travel plans on Facebook – or you may return to a burgled home.<\/strong> I wouldn’t even post that you are going out for a half hour as a Burglar only needs 10 minutes<\/a>.
          \n          http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/09\/12\/burglars-picked-houses-based-on-facebook-updates\/<\/a><\/p>\n

          * Facebook Helps Stalkers Find You – 24\/7 Full-Time !<\/strong><\/p>\n

          For Women: Have you ever wondered if you were being stalked? How about your children?<\/a><\/p>\n

          Did you know Facebook records your every move?<\/strong>
          \n          http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyberstalking<\/a><\/p>\n

          Facebook literally records wherever you are when you log in; your IP<\/strong> and where that IP<\/strong> is down to a specific city block.<\/p>\n

          That means if you EVER use a Smartphone to log into Facebook – Facebook tracks you down to a city block – Full Time – 24\/7 !<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Even Google and Firefox let you turn this off – but not Facebook.<\/p>\n

          * Total Privacy Violations<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Facebook reads, records and permanently records<\/span><\/strong> everything you post – even your most private messages – and even after you have deleted your account<\/span> <\/strong>!<\/p>\n

          http:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20110929\/01390216130\/pretty-much-everything-related-to-you-facebook-is-recorded-your-facebook-permanent-record.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

          This means 25 years from now your short-lived online rant (that you deleted the next day) – could be used against you by your neighbors, your ex-spouse, your employer, the FBI<\/strong> or even Facebook themselves to sue you — or even put you in jail.<\/p>\n

          Systematic\u00a0Privacy Removal Ratchet<\/strong>: \u00a0Facebook deliberately turns your Privacy Off with No Warning<\/strong> and then only retreats partway after public outroar<\/strong>. Your privacy is systematically chopped away\u00a0 piece by piece.<\/p>\n

          “One of the patterns that has emerged is that Facebook makes a set of changes and walks those back a bit after the backlash,” says Kurt Opsahl, senior staff lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

          “Facebook has been using a mode of asking for forgiveness rather than permission, leading to this progression over the years.<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

          Facebook “Rapes Your Privacy, Then Pretends It’s For Your Own Benefit.”<\/p>\n

          * Facebook deliberately makes Privacy choices difficult and onerous; fiercely refuses to make it easy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

          To maximize your Facebook privacy (which at its best is not at all private) takes reviewing some “50 settings, more than 170 options, and a policy that’s 1,287 words longer than the United States Constitution<\/strong><\/em>” according to PC World.<\/p>\n

          As one person puts it, Facebook is so bad – they make Microsoft look good by comparison.<\/strong> Michael G suggests “Microsoft also allows me to easily designate a default level from “medium low” through “high” using a simple slider.” Its easy to do.<\/p>\n

          “Facebook keeps switching your privacy settings off, more and more, month after month without telling the users.” All of a sudden your life is opened up to your boss, your employer, your future employers and your enemies.<\/strong>
          \n          http:\/\/forums.pcworld.com\/index.php?showuser=276812&tab=posts<\/a><\/p>\n

          However, Facebook fiercely and systematically fights against giving you such control.<\/p>\n

          Why would Facebook refuse to make your life easier? Because \u00a0. . .<\/p>\n

          * Facebook sells your private personal data \u2014 hundreds of times \u2013 and makes $Billion$ of dollars selling it !<\/strong><\/p>\n

          That’s why you get specific marketing materials from places you never heard of, related to information you only put on Facebook.<\/p>\n

          http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/facebook\/9056954\/Facebook-IPO-your-data-just-became-more-valuable.html<\/a><\/p>\n

          How do you think Facebook achieved the astronomical $5 Billion IPO amount?
          \n          http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-02-08\/facebook-files-to-raise-5-billion-in-biggest-internet-ipo.html<\/a><\/p>\n

          *\u00a0Facebook Allows Government, Criminals and Bullies to Spy on You For Free !<\/strong><\/p>\n

          “Spying for free.”<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

          In a New York Times<\/strong> interview Salzberg said “When you give up that data, you’re giving it up forever … The value they (Facebook) give us is negligible in the scale of what they are doing, and what we are giving up is all of our privacy<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

          “Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented<\/strong><\/span><\/em>.” – Julian Assange, WikiLeaks
          \n          http:\/\/techpresident.com\/blog-entry\/was-julian-assange-right-about-facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

          The FBI<\/strong> was forced to admit they use Facebook (and LinkedIn, MySpace and Twitter) to see who you associate with . . .
          \n<\/span><\/p>\n

          The FBI is Watching Your Every Move on Facebook<\/strong>
          \n          http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/191854\/is_the_fbi_watching_your_every_move_on_facebook.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

          The CIA and NSA Want You to Be Their Friend on Facebook<\/strong>
          \n          http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national\/articles\/2009\/02\/05\/the-cia-and-nsa-want-you-to-be-their-friend-on-facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

          Considering all the innocent<\/span><\/i> people the FBI has sent to jail (and the innocent civilians the CIA has murdered and assassinated<\/strong>) . . . I’m now convinced this is a serious concern.<\/p>\n

          Even Worse — Police, FBI or CIA can<\/strong> hack into your Facebook account, and pretend to be You !!!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

          Police (or FBI<\/strong> or CIA) can hack into your Facebook account, and not only get ALL of your data – but FBI<\/strong> agents can pretend to be You !!! – and spy on your friends ! (Are you sure that odd Facebook message is from your best friend ?<\/strong> . . . )<\/p>\n

          http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21228386.200-software-to-investigate-cybercrimes-social-side.html<\/a><\/p>\n

          *\u00a0Facebook Helps the CIA Censor You – Without Any Reason<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \u00a0<\/strong>Facebook reads and will censor anything you write they don’t like.<\/p>\n

          “Facebook Deletes Cindy Sheehan’s Invite to CIA Drone Protest<\/strong>”
          \n          http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-bloggers\/2420383\/posts<\/a><\/p>\n

          Opinion: Facebook could easily fix every one of these outrages – but they refuse to.<\/p>\n

          After learning about this avalanche of serious, irreversible and potentially deadly harms<\/strong>\u00a0(systematically with full understanding – intentionally helping Burglars and Stalkers and letting the FBI<\/strong> and CIA snoop on innocent people) that could be easily fixed – it becomes an inescapable conclusion to me that Facebook is evil<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

          And it gets worse –<\/p>\n