Harold Mansfield
05-13-2010, 04:09 PM
Facebook has a new thing called Instant Personalization, where as , they have partnered with external websites to cross reference information..which means sites that you are not a member of, may/will have your profile information.
How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Instant Personalization - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com (http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/how-to-opt-out-of-facebooks-instant-personalization/)
Personally, I don't have any issue with it, I always assumed that by building a profile anywhere online that you do so because you want to been seen and found or else you wouldn't put your information online,
However, I can see how some may have a problem with the permission aspect of it.
Here's the Facebook F.A.Q. page about it:
Help Center | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=1068)
You can also opt out by clicking “No Thanks” in a blue Facebook bar that will appear at the top of each partner site the first time you visit.
Note that even if you opt out, your friends can still share public Facebook information about you to personalize their experiences on these sites unless you block each of their applications manually.
To do that, visit the “Applications Settings – Authorized” page and scroll down to the “External Websites” section, click “Profile” for each application and then the “Block Application” link on the top left of the profile page.
What do you guys think about it?
Privacy issue, or do we have no expectation of privacy by going online and willfully posting a personal profile on a public site?
How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Instant Personalization - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com (http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/how-to-opt-out-of-facebooks-instant-personalization/)
Personally, I don't have any issue with it, I always assumed that by building a profile anywhere online that you do so because you want to been seen and found or else you wouldn't put your information online,
However, I can see how some may have a problem with the permission aspect of it.
Here's the Facebook F.A.Q. page about it:
Help Center | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=1068)
You can also opt out by clicking “No Thanks” in a blue Facebook bar that will appear at the top of each partner site the first time you visit.
Note that even if you opt out, your friends can still share public Facebook information about you to personalize their experiences on these sites unless you block each of their applications manually.
To do that, visit the “Applications Settings – Authorized” page and scroll down to the “External Websites” section, click “Profile” for each application and then the “Block Application” link on the top left of the profile page.
What do you guys think about it?
Privacy issue, or do we have no expectation of privacy by going online and willfully posting a personal profile on a public site?