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05-13-2010, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ree-Xi 
These "social plugins" were activated a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done to stop them from "logging you in". There is no opting out. Changing the button for "instant personalization" will not effect this new feature.
FB says that it does nothing with the info is receives, but it pisses me off too:
Facebook Help:
http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=1068
How do I opt-out of viewing social plugins?
No data is shared about you when you see a social plugin on an external website. You can choose to use social plugins when you click the "Like" or "Recommend" button on a piece of content you want to share. These actions are publicly available information, similar to public comments or reviews you might write on a website. Only click the "Like" or "Recommend" buttons if you want to share your likes and recommendations publicly./help/?faq=17097
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Originally Posted by Blondie93
Ree:
I honestly have not had any problem with the partnered websites identifying me once I "opted out." I have been back to several of the original sites where I saw my picture and pictures of my friends, and now it just looks neutral like UofM's screen shot above.
So, everyone- Facebook overstepping boundaries, or just another means of "connecting people?" Are you creeped out or curious as to what your friend thinks of that PeopleDotCom article?
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What happened to my post???? Did someone delete it???
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05-14-2010, 02:24 PM
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I guess I'm dumb, but what exactly is Yelp? I never use Pandora because they don't get me at all - I prefer last.com.
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05-14-2010, 03:43 PM
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There is a privacy setting "Applications and Websites" that allows select partners to instantly personalize their features with my public information when I first arrive on their websites.
Unclick the check box and it should be removed if you don't want that info shared.
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05-14-2010, 05:30 PM
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All my fan pages and everything else seem to be completely hidden - at least according to the "preview profile" feature - so apparently I have successfully set up my privacy settings the way I want them. Either this is not actually that hard to do (so why won't my mother stop asking me for instructions?), Facebook is lying to me with the preview feature (a real possibility!), or I somehow have crazy FB skills (???).
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05-15-2010, 12:27 PM
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Doing some online reading, came across this and believe it's worth sharing:
Facebook emails from the founder were made public this week in which he laughed with a friend about “what dumb f*cks people were” to trust him with their information, offered the dirt on anyone he had to the friend; there's more... perhaps the cavalier attitude FB has about privacy had very early beginnings.
http://www.businessinsider.com/well-...roblems-2010-5
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05-15-2010, 04:53 PM
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I think people are freaking out and deleting profiles. I've lost 2 friends in the last 2 days.
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05-15-2010, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 33girl
I think people are freaking out and deleting profiles. I've lost 2 friends in the last 2 days.
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I don't know if people understand that they can just turn that "follow me everywhere" feature off...
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05-17-2010, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 33girl
I think people are freaking out and deleting profiles. I've lost 2 friends in the last 2 days.
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One of my FB friends did that today as well - so did his wife.
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05-16-2010, 03:09 AM
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He could have been sarcastic in that exchange. It sounded like he couldn't believe people would be that dumb as to give him info like that (and if they sent it a random on the web they deserved to have their stuff shared).
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05-16-2010, 12:24 PM
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I just don't understand, if I read an article on say TMZ.com or somewhere, why I would be compelled to hit a Facebook "like" button at the bottom of it. Who cares? Will it get me a pony? Anyone who does that just seems unnaturally obsessed with Facebook in particular and disseminating their opinions in general.
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05-17-2010, 02:00 PM
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For anyone interested in making sure everything you want private on facebook is private:
http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/
I played around with my privacy settings and re-ran the scan and it seems accurate. I found it via this article: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives...h_reclaimp.php on the "Librarian By Day" facebook page, there are other articles on facebook and internet privacy in general.
The ALA hosted a "privacy week" last week and their site has some stuff on facebook and other internet privacy.
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05-22-2010, 07:18 AM
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They changed the privacy settings again within the last 2 weeks. I just updated mine when I heard about the check mark in the box thing. You can now hide fan pages.
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05-22-2010, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn
They changed the privacy settings again within the last 2 weeks. I just updated mine when I heard about the check mark in the box thing. You can now hide fan pages.
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Yes. I just did it this morning. You can also make your education and work private again.
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