Facebook calls All Hands on Deck Meeting

[CarlTR6]

Facing increasing pressure from the media and users, Facebook has called an all hands meeting tomorrow afternoon, at 4 PM Pacific, to discuss the company’s overall privacy strategy according to sources inside the company

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You may have heard by now, but Facebook doesn’t really care about your privacy one bit. At least that’s the impression left in the minds of many these days.


To compound the problem, Facebook has been less than open about the privacy concerns. And nothing makes PR worse than ignoring people who are complaining.

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Depending on the outcome, I am seriously considering deleting my facebook account.

 

[Win7User512]

Everyone should seriously consider whether to stay or go.

If people think the privacy issues are bad now, imagine a year or two down the road. What will Facebook look like then?

 

[severedsolo]

also here: BBC News - Facebook mulls U-turn on privacy

 

[Win7User512]

Sad thing is that when Zuckerberg back-peddles on the privacy issue once or twice a year, he rams similarly designed privacy (or lack thereof) policies into the new user agreement.

 

[CarlTR6]

He is about to lose this user unless Facebook truly reforms.

 

[burtie]

I have slowly been deleting stuff from my account for some time now. I have been taking my account to the bare bones minimum...I still find it useful to keep in touch and arrange social events but the privacy thing that's been going on has go me worried.

 

[echrada]

I have opted out and won't be going back.

 

[Win7User512]

At what point do you see Facebook falling?

Do you think that many people will leave?

 

[HammerHead]

Security and Facebook

If I wrote something on the wall, should I complain because someone read it. Security and Facebook = a paradox. Nothing is safe on a computer, cell phone, WiFi device etc. That is why for me cloud computing will never get it. At least here at home I can pull the plug. I was never inclined to display my personal business or thoughts on WWW. I guess I am just now with it.

 

[CarlTR6]

Facebook is not going to fail. The vast majority of their users don't even understand security. Several high profile accounts have been canceled and users are making a lot of noise. I have gotten to the point where I do not trust facebook any more than I trust Google - and that isn't very much trust.

 

[Ryan2320]

I totally agree with you CarlTR6,

I will never have a facebook page! It really amazes me of how many people don't even understand that there privacy is even at risk! Some people just leave everything at the default setting and never bother to look at it again!

 

[smarteyeball]

At what point do you see Facebook falling?

Years ago...

 

[Win7User512]

At what point do you see Facebook falling?

Years ago...

I was speaking more of people leaving.

 

[electrotune1200]

Not until the next fad comes along anyway.

 

[kucing13]

facebook and security. two contradict things

 

[strollin]

My opinion is, once you post something on Facebook (or any other on-line site, including this one) it is already "out there" so what does it matter? If there is something about you that you don't want out in the open, don't put it on Facebook.

 

[CarlTR6]

It is deeper than that. You have to give a certain amount of information when you register - information that you do not necessarily post.

 

[MattRainier]

I get around it fairly simply - I don't put anything on FaceBook that I don't want floating around the Web.

 

[CarlTR6]

I get around it fairly simply - I don't put anything on FaceBook that I don't want floating around the Web.

Ditto.

 

[kucing13]

and when it comes to facebook phishing. i don't think anybody would concern about that since they were not alerted