Leave Facebook if you don't want to be snooped on, warns EU

[Beliathon]

FBI book is only for losers now, it was cool like 8 years ago.

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[jaysabi]

Facebook doesn't have access to any information you don't give it. It's perfectly avoidable.

Actually Facebook collects data in the background processes of your computer even when you aren't signed in. You agree to this in the TOS.

Why did anyone sign up for Total Information Awareness book anyway?

Actually, you're right. I guess it's perfectly avoidable if you don't sign up is a more accurate way of putting it.

[TECSHARE]

Facebook doesn't have access to any information you don't give it. It's perfectly avoidable.

Actually Facebook collects data in the background processes of your computer even when you aren't signed in. You agree to this in the TOS.

Why did anyone sign up for Total Information Awareness book anyway?

Actually, you're right. I guess it's perfectly avoidable if you don't sign up is a more accurate way of putting it.

Unfortunately all it takes is for a friend to log in once on your PC using Total Information Awareness book, or using a library computer, etc. In reality it is not always something you agree to.

[countryfree]

I'm not on FB, nor does any of my friends. I'm a happy man 

[NyeFe]

Like me, most other people have already fled Facebook, atleast after the snowden revelations.

The question is, what other non-US based (possibly decentralised & easy to use) services one could use, to communicate with family members? Especially elderly family members, who ain't good with technology

[worhiper_-_]

facebook users have no privacy .. all of their messages can be seen ... pictures etc

[Lethn]

Don't trust social networks that have centralised servers and ask you for private information, it doesn't matter which country they belong to, they will be compromised.

[TheIrishman]

Facebook tracks all visitors, breaching EU law

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/31/facebook-tracks-all-visitors-breaching-eu-law-report

<< People without Facebook accounts, logged out users, and EU users who have explicitly opted out of tracking are all being tracked, report says. Facebook tracks the web browsing of everyone who visits a page on its site even if the user does not have an account or has explicitly opted out of tracking in the EU, extensive research commissioned by the Belgian data protection agency has revealed.

The report, from researchers at the Centre of Interdisciplinary Law and ICT (ICRI) and the Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography department (Cosic) at the University of Leuven, and the media, information and telecommunication department (Smit) at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, was commissioned after an original draft report revealed Facebook's privacy policy breaches European law. The researchers now claim that Facebook tracks computers of users without their consent, whether they are logged in to Facebook or not, and even if they are not registered users of the site or explicitly opt out in Europe. Facebook tracks users in order to target advertising.

The issue revolves around Facebook's use of its social plugins such as the "Like" button, which has been placed on more than 13m sites including health and government sites. Facebook places tracking cookies on users' computers if they visit any page on the facebook.com domain, including fan pages or other pages that do not require a Facebook account to visit. When a user visits a third-party site that carries one of Facebook's social plug-ins, it detects and sends the tracking cookies back to Facebook - even if the user does not interact with the Like button, Facebook Login or other extension of the social media site. >>

[shogdite]

Nothing ironic about it, The Guardian was one of the news outlets involved in the initial publication of the Snowden leaks...

Are you really defending the actions of this guy? He worked for the NSA and sold their intel to the media / Russia instead of changing the way the NSA is gathering information as an employee...

He sold no intel whatsoever so I'm not sure where you're getting your information from, maybe you are just making stuff up?

Snowden exposed the illegality of the NSA/GCHQ's global spying aparatus, this guy should be given a knighthood, not be forced to live the rest of his days in Russia.

[WhatTheGox]

Leave Facebook if you don't want to be snooped on, warns EU

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/26/leave-facebook-snooped-on-warns-eu-safe-harbour-privacy-us

<< The European Commission has warned EU citizens that they should close their Facebook accounts if they want to keep information private from US security services, finding that current Safe Harbour legislation does not protect citizen's data. The comments were made by EC attorney Bernhard Schima in a case brought by privacy campaigner Maximilian Schrems, looking at whether the data of EU citizens should be considered safe if sent to the US in a post-Snowden revelation landscape.

"You might consider closing your Facebook account, if you have one", Schima told attorney general Yves Bot in a hearing of the case at the European court of justice in Luxembourg. When asked directly, the commission could not confirm to the court that the Safe Harbour rules provide adequate protection of EU citizens' data as it currently stands. >>

I have a facebook account purely to keep myself in a relationship status at this point lol how sad is that.  Im going to try and get my and partners facebook deleted though.

[--Encrypted--]

I have four active facebook accounts that uses completely false personal informations. am I safe or not?

Facebook doesn't have access to any information you don't give it. It's perfectly avoidable.

Actually Facebook collects data in the background processes of your computer even when you aren't signed in. You agree to this in the TOS.

Why did anyone sign up for Total Information Awareness book anyway?

what's a Total Information Awareness? I searched for it in the internet but found nothing that ties it with facebook.

[shogdite]

I have four active facebook accounts that uses completely false personal informations. am I safe or not?

Facebook doesn't have access to any information you don't give it. It's perfectly avoidable.

Actually Facebook collects data in the background processes of your computer even when you aren't signed in. You agree to this in the TOS.

Why did anyone sign up for Total Information Awareness book anyway?

what's a Total Information Awareness? I searched for it in the internet but found nothing that ties it with facebook.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness

Total Information Awareness (TIA) was a program of the US Information Awareness Office. It was operated from February until May 2003, before being renamed as the Terrorism Information Awareness Program.[4][5]

Based on the concept of predictive policing, TIA aimed to gather detailed information about individuals in order to anticipate and prevent crimes before they are committed.[6] As part of efforts to win the War on Terror, the program searched for all sorts of personal information in the hunt for terrorists around the globe.[7] According to Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), TIA was the "biggest surveillance program in the history of the United States".[8]

The program was suspended in late 2003 by the United States Congress after media reports criticized the government for attempting to establish "Total Information Awareness" over all citizens.[9][10][11]

Although the program was formally suspended, its data mining software was later adopted by other government agencies, with only superficial changes being made. According to a 2012 New York Times article, the legacy of Total Information Awareness is "quietly thriving" at the National Security Agency (NSA).[12]

It's the all-seeing-eye mofo

[criptix]

The internet will soon consist of only google with their truth algo and facebook with this:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-29/big-brother-here-facebook-reveals-its-master-plan-control-all-news-flow

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It's the all-seeing-eye mofo

well, I've read that. I just don't know what does it have anything to do with facebook.

[countryfree]

I have four active facebook accounts that uses completely false personal informations. am I safe or not?

Congratulations. I guess a huge part of FB accounts are fake. I know that because on several occasions I've been offered to buy "friends" on FB.

[shogdite]

It's the all-seeing-eye mofo

well, I've read that. I just don't know what does it have anything to do with facebook.

I think he was just referring to the fact that Facebook is a data mining dream for certain 3 letter agencies and is more than likely played a huge role in the TIA program.

[criptix]

It's the all-seeing-eye mofo

well, I've read that. I just don't know what does it have anything to do with facebook.

I think he was just referring to the fact that Facebook is a data mining dream for certain 3 letter agencies and is more than likely played a huge role in the TIA program.

Quite funny that nearly every terrorist organisation has a Facebook or twitter account x)

[shogdite]

It's the all-seeing-eye mofo

well, I've read that. I just don't know what does it have anything to do with facebook.

I think he was just referring to the fact that Facebook is a data mining dream for certain 3 letter agencies and is more than likely played a huge role in the TIA program.

Quite funny that nearly every terrorist organisation has a Facebook or twitter account x)

Yeah I'm sure Bin Laden made regular updates to his Facebook account  

I agree groups like ISIS are much more social media savvy, probably going to bite them in the ass at some point.