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Ed Jewett Wrote:* I was going to suggest that we have some kind of mechanism everyone would be required to wear... an IFF beanie... that transmitted in the background and in an ongoing manner the full array of self-labels, information consumption trends and tendencies, the results of psychological screening tests, one's tendencies or proclivities....
or, it appears, we could simply carry an android that would do it for us.
'mere C3PO... I am reading e.g. here: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/ that SIRI sends some or all of your audio to servers by "Nuance Communications" for analysis and receives back the analysis.
Imagine: What can anybody know and do if he has access to every word you speak into your mobile, plenty of your voice samples together with accurate location? It makes it very easy to : 1. Identify your voice, e.g. on a normal phone connection, 2. Synthesize your voice for any purpose, 3. Use the content of your words for any purpose (advertising being the most innocent of them).
The perfection of the elimination of privacy and identity is stunning.
The most relevant literature regarding what happened since September 11, 2001 is George Orwell's "1984".
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October 13th, 2011This is related to browser uniqueness. See How Unique and Trackable Is Your Browser? and Network Device Fingerprinting for the background on how this works.
Again, Facebook widgets must be blocked from loading by default, unless, of course, you're ok with this nonsense.
Ghostery is the easiest solution. AdBlock+ and NoScript will also work. The article below mentions other tools as well.
Via: Reader Supported News:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation cites a September 25th, 2011 blog post by hacker and writer Nik Cubrilovic that proved Facebook's session cookie was not being deleted upon log-out. Facebook responded with a "fix-it," but it raises serious concerns about whether one can effectively log-out of Facebook and whether or not Facebook can track users without the benefit of cookies.
According to Cubrilovic, he waited for a year to hear from Facebook on this privacy issue that he discovered, emailing them and reaching multiple dead-ends.
Two days later, on September 27th, Cubrilovic noted, "In summary, Facebook has made changes to the logout process and they have explained each part of the process and the cookies that the site uses in detail … They want to retain the ability to track browsers after logout for safety and spam purposes, and they want to be able to log page requests for performance reasons etc."
EFF, however, is unequivocal in stating, "Facebook can track web browsing history without cookies."
"Facebook is able to collect data about your browser including your IP address and a range of facts about your browser without ever installing a cookie. They can use this data to build a record of every time you load a page with embedded Facebook content," added the EFF.
This ability to track users outside of Facebook is particularly troubling.
EFF states, "It's clear that Facebook does extensive cross-domain tracking, with two types of cookies and even without. With this data, Facebook could create a detailed portrait of how you use the Internet: what sites you visit, how frequently you load them, what time of day you like to access them. This could point to more than your shopping habits it could provide a candid window into health concerns, political interests, reading habits, sexual preferences, religious affiliations, and much more."
That Facebook keeps this data on file for 90 days (before it's discarded or made anonymous) is a legitimate privacy concern and it could certainly be useful in the event U.S. intelligence services desires to build a profile of a particular user's web browsing.
This sort of ability has already raised concerns amongst lawmakers and privacy advocates.
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October 17th, 2011I know. You get it re: Facebook already. Ok, one more: Why Facebook Is After Your Kids.
Via: Register:
A Mississippi woman has accused Facebook of violating federal wiretap statutes by tracking her internet browsing history even when she wasn't logged onto the social networking site.
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in federal court in the northern district of Mississippi, Brooke Rutledge of Lafayette County, Mississippi, also asserted claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, trespassing, and invasion of privacy.
The complaint, which seeks class-action status so other users can join, comes three weeks after Australian blogger Nik Cubrilovic published evidence that Facebook "Like" buttons scattered across the web allowed Facebook to track users' browsing habits even when they were signed out of their accounts.
"Leading up to September 23, 2011, Facebook tracked, collected, and stored its users' wire or electronic communications, including but not limited to portions of their internet browsing history even when the users were not logged-in to Facebook," the 17-page complaint stated. "Plaintiff did not give consent or otherwise authorize Facebook to intercept, track, collect, and store her wire or electronic communications, including but not limited to her internet browsing history when not logged-in to Facebook."
Related: Facebook Reportedly Can Track Web Browsing Without Cookies
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Carsten Wiethoff Wrote:Ed Jewett Wrote:* I was going to suggest that we have some kind of mechanism everyone would be required to wear... an IFF beanie... that transmitted in the background and in an ongoing manner the full array of self-labels, information consumption trends and tendencies, the results of psychological screening tests, one's tendencies or proclivities....
or, it appears, we could simply carry an android that would do it for us.
'mere C3PO... I am reading e.g. here: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/ that SIRI sends some or all of your audio to servers by "Nuance Communications" for analysis and receives back the analysis.
Imagine: What can anybody know and do if he has access to every word you speak into your mobile, plenty of your voice samples together with accurate location? It makes it very easy to : 1. Identify your voice, e.g. on a normal phone connection, 2. Synthesize your voice for any purpose, 3. Use the content of your words for any purpose (advertising being the most innocent of them).
The perfection of the elimination of privacy and identity is stunning. Yes, I've been seeing quite a bit recently about Siri and the implications are quite stunning to say the least.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
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I am reminded of an old favorite poem of mine I found in a volume of poetry I received in the 8th grade for winning the summer reading contest. I used to keep it written down and folded up in my wallet for a very long time until it finally entered into me via osmosis. My middle name begins with the letter E, so it was particularly special to me.
To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
e e cummings
US poet (1894 - 1962)
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October 20th, 2011Via: Slashdot:
"As noted previously, Max Schrems of Europe Versus Facebook has filed numerous complaints about Facebook's data collection practices. One complaint that has failed to draw much scrutiny regards Facebook's creation of Shadow Profiles. This is done by different functions that encourage users to hand personal data of other users and non-users to Facebook… (e.g. synchronizing mobile phones, importing personal data from e-mail providers, importing personal information from instant messaging services, sending invitations to friends or saving search queries when users search for other people on facebook.com). This means that even if you don't use it, you may already have a profile on Facebook.'"
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2710 2011 [SEE: Lukashenko Has A PlanBelarus Keeps Social Networks, Prosecutes Those Who Promote Sedition ; A Glimpse Inside of Hillary's Subversive "Intern Factory"]
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PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 31, Yerevan will host Facebook Workshop free video seminar on integration of mass media in social networks as well as Facebook-provided media possibilities.
The rapporteurs, Facebook Russia growth manager Yekaterina Skorobogatova and Facebook Russia and Eastern Europe development manager Angela Tse will brief the audience on transformed means of communication, modern use of media content as well as a number of alterations at Facebook platform and the way media partners may benefit from it.
The seminar will be held in Russian and English languages (simultaneous translation provided).
Video seminars with Yerevan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, (Russia) Kiev (Ukraine), Astana (Kazakhstan), Tbilisi (Georgia), Chisinau (Moldova) and Tomsk (Russia) have been scheduled.
The event is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of RIA Novosti news agency.
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IT HAS BEGUN!
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.â€
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OK,probably not going to happen....... 
Anonymous does not support killing Facebook on November 5
By Emil Protalinski | August 10, 2011, 8:20am PDT
Summary: Some Anonymous members are looking to kill Facebook, but the larger hacktivist group does not appear to support their cause.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/anony...=mncol;txt
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