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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Check out my Facebook profile
From:       Michael Skiba <michael () michael-skiba ! de>
Date:       2009-01-19 17:48:17
Message-ID: 200901191848.21023.michael () michael-skiba ! de
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Am Montag, 19. Januar 2009 10:38:53 schrieb Sveinn í Felli (IMAP):
> I would be careful about citing Facebook on an open source
> mailinglist; many in the open source community have blend
> feelings about the company, not to say total distrust.
> Many (decent) articles on the internet have traced various
> FB shareholders to ultra-right-wing neocon groups and even
> to the CIA. See:
> http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Facebook
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10456
>534 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook
>
> In the user agreement for FB there are (apparently, I'm not
> myself on FB) clauses permitting US authorities to
> scrutinize your profile and all data, since all the main
> servers are US-based. Well, it's a choice...
>
> Just my 2 centimes.
> (Hope I'm not offending someone.)

You're not alone ;)

I think the same, about companies that hold large amounts of private data 
(incl. but by far not limited to pictures). While I think it's especially 
dangerous for kids which don't know what they're doing (/have no "natural 
fear" of computers/internet anymore), it's also important for us to remember, 
that once a particular stream of bits is transfered you can't control it 
anymore, who knows when and where your private data will show up - it's not 
in your hands anymore, when you give it away ;o)  (yeah, yeah, I know, we all 
know, but still it's worth thinking about it from time to time)

Regards
Michael

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