Why I don't trust facebook

Skybird · 10-30-11, 07:25 PM

A year ago? Ha, I even never logged one!

Nor Twitter. Nor Google+. Nor Youtube, and all the other gimmicks of carelessness they have invented to make you agree becoming a product yourself that they could sell.

Just Paypal I fell for, for some time, but have corrected that - as I reported back then - earlier this year, during the Assange headlights. It took several mails to get a confirmation from them that they would delete my banking data. Of course I cannot be certain of that they did. It was a very grave mistake to have have logged into Paypal. Just to pay some stupid things that other ways were not avaialble. Stupid, but taught me a lesson: data I once revealed about me, never will come back to me and hide in the locked box again. Okay, lesson learned.

And Google Search I only use for uncritical, harmless search terms. Nothing of which somebody in 15 or 20 years could construct a bad surprise for me.

Torplexed · 10-30-11, 07:29 PM

Sounds par for the course. Facebook is the original Zombie Invasion.

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WARNING, PLEASE READ -Tomorrow, Facebook will change its privacy settings to allow Mark Zuckerberg to come into your house while you sleep and eat your brains with a grapefruit spoon. To stop this from happening go to Account> Home Invasion Settings> Cannibalism> Brains, and uncheck the; "Tasty" box. Please copy and repost!

Seriously, when a service like FB is offered for free, you're not the customer, you're the product. Like any other product you can get stolen off the shelf.

nikimcbee · 10-30-11, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

A year ago? Ha, I even never logged one!

Nor Twitter. Nor Google+. Nor Youtube, and all the other gimmicks of carelessness.

Just Paypal I fell for, for some time, but have corrected that - as I reported back then - earlier this year, during the Assange headlights.

And Google Search I only use for uncritical, harmless search terms.

I'm prett made at youtube, as they want you to register w/ google

. They wouldn't even let me access my account (meaning upload, like, check messages), so I just updated my "junk email" with them.

Sailor Steve · 10-30-11, 07:31 PM

Same old crap. Sorry, but you keep bringing up the same arguments. If not for Facebook I never would have found my daughters (actually they found me) or met my grandchildren. If you let FaceBook dominate you it will. My sister just barely figured out that she might be posting more information than she should. The answer is don't be one of those people. You can complain about people having bad things happen, but if you refuse to be one of those people you can avoid all that. Do that and FaceBook can be a useful tool, one with many possibilities.

You love to post about how much you hate FaceBook. Fine, but it has done me some great services, including keeping in touch with some friends from Subsim on a more personal and private level.

Anything you can say about FB you can also say about Subsim. The only "friends" I have here are people I've either met or worked with. I don't see you posting about the evils of Subsim.

nikimcbee · 10-30-11, 07:38 PM

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see you posting about the evils of Subsim.

Let me think about that one.

Reece · 10-30-11, 08:09 PM

I was a member of Facebook and deleted my data and closed the account, several months later i get an email from Facebook to say that my account has been reactivated!! WTF!! Closed it again but is it really closed? probably not!

@ Skybird, I have had an account with PayPal for a few years now, never had any problems whatsoever, easiest way to pay for most online transactions!

nikimcbee · 10-30-11, 08:10 PM

I guess I'm not totally "anti-facefook"; I'm not a "hater" so to speak. Maybe I'm just paranoid about their services.

It's set off my virus software one too many times. Even though I had the "block" on, I was amazed how many times I had to re- turn it on again

If I were to sign up again, I'd be really picky about who I friended.

On a side note, I'm glad to hear that you found more of your family. Have you found any other "long/lost people?"

I found people from elementary school, that I hadn't seen since I moved in 82.

mapuc · 10-30-11, 09:14 PM

I say the same thing as Sailor Steve.

I have a FB-account, but I do not share everything and those thing I do share, I share only with my friends

If my friends wanna know more about me they can email me and ask.

I know that FB are using cookies on my computer-It's a bad thing to do. However if it can make them happy so be it.

I have rejected every commercial spot that appears on my wall.

But without FB I hadn't met my old schoolmates and old working colleague

Edit
To say it strait: some people are really Stupid!!
"Facebook said this week that hackers using stolen username and password credentials try to break into at least 600,000 accounts every day on the mammoth social networking site."

I know that there are many on FB that clicks on page that contain vira or they give away their account to who it may be. So many on FB are just 110 % stupid.

Markus

Reece · 10-30-11, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

So many on FB are just 110 % stupid.

Markus

That is a large percentage!

gimpy117 · 10-30-11, 10:24 PM

thats why you need a good password.

Sailor Steve · 10-30-11, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I guess I'm not totally "anti-facefook"; I'm not a "hater" so to speak. Maybe I'm just paranoid about their services.

It's set off my virus software one too many times. Even though I had the "block" on, I was amazed how many times I had to re- turn it on again

I'm sorry, Jason. I didn't mean to come off as rude or defensive. I seem to be "having a day" with everyone today.

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If I were to sign up again, I'd be really picky about who I friended.

A good idea. As with Subsim, All my friends there are either real friends or aquaintances or people I've actually had dealings with online. The guys in my band are "friends". Their wives and girlfriends too, as well as one brother of our main guy, who I've met with a lot. On the other hand his other brother and more distant relatives are not, as I don't really know them. I seem to have a lot of FB "friends" (43 the last I checked), but they are all people I've met or know from Subsim.

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On a side note, I'm glad to hear that you found more of your family. Have you found any other "long/lost people?"

Oh yes indeedy. I recently got a request from someone I knew in a church group long ago. This led to a few others, and one of them was a guy I also played in a band with back then. It turns out he's had a 25-year career as a recording engineer and producer, and that led to us now being in his studio for our current project. We've done a lot of catching up, and he and the guys in the band really like each other, and we spent eight hours laying down tracks yesterday, and we can already tell that he's going to do a great job for us.

So yeah, FaceBook's been good to me.

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I found people from elementary school, that I hadn't seen since I moved in 82.

That's cool.

Onkel Neal · 11-01-11, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Anything you can say about FB you can also say about Subsim. The only "friends" I have here are people I've either met or worked with. I don't see you posting about the evils of Subsim.

Except for the part where the owner is a billionaire. Alas....

Catfish · 11-01-11, 12:03 PM

It's not only facebook, Battlefield 3 anyone ?

Electronic Arts uses an online plaform named "Origin", and here is a screenshot of what Origin tried to send from a BF3 user:

http://s1.directupload.net/images/111028/fglehhsj.jpg

F u EA !

jumpy · 11-01-11, 12:04 PM

Social networking.... http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...cially-Awkward
some bad language, but it pretty much sums things up for me

andritsos · 11-01-11, 05:12 PM

didnt understand the origin pic, apart that there are many files

10-30-11, 07:25 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,604 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	A year ago? Ha, I even never logged one! Nor Twitter. Nor Google+. Nor Youtube, and all the other gimmicks of carelessness they have invented to make you agree becoming a product yourself that they could sell. Just Paypal I fell for, for some time, but have corrected that - as I reported back then - earlier this year, during the Assange headlights. It took several mails to get a confirmation from them that they would delete my banking data. Of course I cannot be certain of that they did. It was a very grave mistake to have have logged into Paypal. Just to pay some stupid things that other ways were not avaialble. Stupid, but taught me a lesson: data I once revealed about me, never will come back to me and hide in the locked box again. Okay, lesson learned. And Google Search I only use for uncritical, harmless search terms. Nothing of which somebody in 15 or 20 years could construct a bad surprise for me. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-30-11, 07:31 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Same old crap. Sorry, but you keep bringing up the same arguments. If not for Facebook I never would have found my daughters (actually they found me) or met my grandchildren. If you let FaceBook dominate you it will. My sister just barely figured out that she might be posting more information than she should. The answer is don't be one of those people. You can complain about people having bad things happen, but if you refuse to be one of those people you can avoid all that. Do that and FaceBook can be a useful tool, one with many possibilities. You love to post about how much you hate FaceBook. Fine, but it has done me some great services, including keeping in touch with some friends from Subsim on a more personal and private level. Anything you can say about FB you can also say about Subsim. The only "friends" I have here are people I've either met or worked with. I don't see you posting about the evils of Subsim. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-30-11, 08:09 PM	#6
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,693 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	I was a member of Facebook and deleted my data and closed the account, several months later i get an email from Facebook to say that my account has been reactivated!! WTF!! Closed it again but is it really closed? probably not! @ Skybird, I have had an account with PayPal for a few years now, never had any problems whatsoever, easiest way to pay for most online transactions! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-30-11, 08:10 PM	#7
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I guess I'm not totally "anti-facefook"; I'm not a "hater" so to speak. Maybe I'm just paranoid about their services. It's set off my virus software one too many times. Even though I had the "block" on, I was amazed how many times I had to re- turn it on again If I were to sign up again, I'd be really picky about who I friended. On a side note, I'm glad to hear that you found more of your family. Have you found any other "long/lost people?" I found people from elementary school, that I hadn't seen since I moved in 82. __________________

10-30-11, 09:14 PM	#8
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I say the same thing as Sailor Steve. I have a FB-account, but I do not share everything and those thing I do share, I share only with my friends If my friends wanna know more about me they can email me and ask. I know that FB are using cookies on my computer-It's a bad thing to do. However if it can make them happy so be it. I have rejected every commercial spot that appears on my wall. But without FB I hadn't met my old schoolmates and old working colleague Edit To say it strait: some people are really Stupid!! "Facebook said this week that hackers using stolen username and password credentials try to break into at least 600,000 accounts every day on the mammoth social networking site." I know that there are many on FB that clicks on page that contain vira or they give away their account to who it may be. So many on FB are just 110 % stupid. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

10-30-11, 10:24 PM	#10
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	thats why you need a good password. __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

11-01-11, 12:03 PM	#13
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	It's not only facebook, Battlefield 3 anyone ? Electronic Arts uses an online plaform named "Origin", and here is a screenshot of what Origin tried to send from a BF3 user: http://s1.directupload.net/images/111028/fglehhsj.jpg F u EA !

11-01-11, 12:04 PM	#14
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Social networking.... http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...cially-Awkward some bad language, but it pretty much sums things up for me __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

11-01-11, 05:12 PM	#15
andritsos Gunner Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 92 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	didnt understand the origin pic, apart that there are many files