http://theharmonyguy.com/2009/07/25/debunking-facebooks-statements-on-ads/ Investigating privacy and security issues in online social networking Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://theharmonyguy.com/2009/07/25/debunking-facebooks-statements-on-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-5317 Facebook Taking Action on at Least One Issue | Social Hacking Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:59:29 +0000 http://theharmonyguy.com/?p=227#comment-5317 [...] that AdMazing was the ad network getting the data.  Fast forward over a month to July 25th, when I made this comment: I did mention one example over a month ago on this very blog, yet the methods of that particular [...] [...] that AdMazing was the ad network getting the data.  Fast forward over a month to July 25th, when I made this comment: I did mention one example over a month ago on this very blog, yet the methods of that particular [...]

]]> http://theharmonyguy.com/2009/07/25/debunking-facebooks-statements-on-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-5284 Julian Ranger Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:53:32 +0000 http://theharmonyguy.com/?p=227#comment-5284 Thank you for a very clear discussion. I think that the principle that should underlie all social networks, and in fact anything on the web at all, is that it is the user's data and they must explicitly and knowingly allow it to be used for the purpose an app, web service, other wants to use it for. No magic defaults which allow its use unless I inhibit it - unless that is VERY clearly stated. If all services start and finish at this simple but clear principle we would have a lot less issues. Its My Data and only I can knowingly decide what to do with it. Thank you for a very clear discussion. I think that the principle that should underlie all social networks, and in fact anything on the web at all, is that it is the user’s data and they must explicitly and knowingly allow it to be used for the purpose an app, web service, other wants to use it for. No magic defaults which allow its use unless I inhibit it – unless that is VERY clearly stated. If all services start and finish at this simple but clear principle we would have a lot less issues. Its My Data and only I can knowingly decide what to do with it.

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