Sure, but first, be more conscious of what your data means: if there are private photos or other files on a device and there also is a proprietary program, app or otherwise, with access to them,...
Sure, but first, be more conscious of what your data means:
if there are private photos or other files on a device and there also is a proprietary program, app or otherwise, with access to them, they are not private
like if you have some meat and and a cat in some place, the chances that the kitty is vegan or vegetarian is very low, no? so the meat is not safe
companies gather data about you and sell them, this is a problem not because other people see it but because the data yielded can be and is used to purposefully manipulate you, by experts in such activity
like it's not the end of the world if people know you're ticklish or allergic to dogs, but a database of ticklish and/or allergic people can be exploited both for commercial and political purposes
I know that you, koan, in particular are probably not ignorant of these, but I wanted to append this to your comment so that those who don't and could think that deleting your facebook is good enough for your privacy. The following is a possibly incomplete list of what to do:
avoid social media apps
use browser versions instead
which at least cannot access your files etc directly
avoid most social media
none is hard, e.g. for me WhatsApp is not practically avoidable, but I don't use any other corporate social media
use tracking protection
block JavaScript
block other nuisances like tracking pixels
while at it just block large media items
block ads
as long as the ad services people use are unethical, blocking ads is totally ethical
optionally tell other people about these steps and the above rationale
This is a disaster, but to clear things up, this bug didn't allow apps to gain access to all photos in your phone, but only photos that you shared with Facebook. I don't think any app maliciously...
the bug potentially gave developers access to other photos, such as those shared on Marketplace or Facebook Stories. The bug also impacted photos that people uploaded to Facebook but chose not to post.
This is a disaster, but to clear things up, this bug didn't allow apps to gain access to all photos in your phone, but only photos that you shared with Facebook.
I don't think any app maliciously took advantage of this bug, but it's still a big fuck up by Facebook.
The "such as" in the quoted sentence concerns me, since it implies that they're leaving out some of the types of photos that were accessible. Did they intentionally avoid mentioning some of the...
The "such as" in the quoted sentence concerns me, since it implies that they're leaving out some of the types of photos that were accessible. Did they intentionally avoid mentioning some of the more frightening types? For example, were photos sent through private messages accessible? Of course people shouldn't be sending sensitive photos through Facebook messages, but they absolutely do.
I did notice that detail too, and this is not the first time Facebook purposefully used vague terms to minimize damage. So we should be expecting the worst.
I did notice that detail too, and this is not the first time Facebook purposefully used vague terms to minimize damage. So we should be expecting the worst.
It really sucks the monopoly they have. Nothing really comes close to messenger with having the majority of friends/family on it. I'm definitely going to push for an alternative though. Will mean...
It really sucks the monopoly they have.
Nothing really comes close to messenger with having the majority of friends/family on it. I'm definitely going to push for an alternative though. Will mean I can finally drop it!
My family was using Google messenger. Now that it's getting killed off, we're all switching over to Discord. Granted, we're a technology-oriented family and third party clients like Discord can be...
My family was using Google messenger. Now that it's getting killed off, we're all switching over to Discord. Granted, we're a technology-oriented family and third party clients like Discord can be a hard sell for a lot of people (despite FB technically being a third party client itself).
We can all talk about how difficult life would be without FB, or we can just stop using it. It's a vicious cycle in that it's difficult to stop using it because people won't stop using it. It also seems to me that the necessity of FB is seriously overblown in an era when virtually every person has a smart phone. I think people just don't want to admit that they like using FB more than they care about online security.
I completely agree with you. Discord is pretty easy seeing as there's mobile, desktop and web clients. It's one of those vicious circles, people use it.. because it's so widely used.
I completely agree with you. Discord is pretty easy seeing as there's mobile, desktop and web clients.
It's one of those vicious circles, people use it.. because it's so widely used.
Sure, but first, be more conscious of what your data means:
I know that you, koan, in particular are probably not ignorant of these, but I wanted to append this to your comment so that those who don't and could think that deleting your facebook is good enough for your privacy. The following is a possibly incomplete list of what to do:
This is a disaster, but to clear things up, this bug didn't allow apps to gain access to all photos in your phone, but only photos that you shared with Facebook.
I don't think any app maliciously took advantage of this bug, but it's still a big fuck up by Facebook.
The "such as" in the quoted sentence concerns me, since it implies that they're leaving out some of the types of photos that were accessible. Did they intentionally avoid mentioning some of the more frightening types? For example, were photos sent through private messages accessible? Of course people shouldn't be sending sensitive photos through Facebook messages, but they absolutely do.
I did notice that detail too, and this is not the first time Facebook purposefully used vague terms to minimize damage. So we should be expecting the worst.
"Facebook says they only care about your data when they can make money off of it, and not at all about you having any power to control said data."
It really sucks the monopoly they have.
Nothing really comes close to messenger with having the majority of friends/family on it. I'm definitely going to push for an alternative though. Will mean I can finally drop it!
My family was using Google messenger. Now that it's getting killed off, we're all switching over to Discord. Granted, we're a technology-oriented family and third party clients like Discord can be a hard sell for a lot of people (despite FB technically being a third party client itself).
We can all talk about how difficult life would be without FB, or we can just stop using it. It's a vicious cycle in that it's difficult to stop using it because people won't stop using it. It also seems to me that the necessity of FB is seriously overblown in an era when virtually every person has a smart phone. I think people just don't want to admit that they like using FB more than they care about online security.
I completely agree with you. Discord is pretty easy seeing as there's mobile, desktop and web clients.
It's one of those vicious circles, people use it.. because it's so widely used.