{"id":31512,"date":"2012-11-26T21:33:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T04:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/26\/oh-look-another-reason-to-avoid-facebook.html"},"modified":"2012-11-26T21:33:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T04:33:53","slug":"oh-look-another-reason-to-avoid-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/26\/oh-look-another-reason-to-avoid-facebook.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, look — another reason to avoid Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Granted, I'm a Google Zombie — but not only does Google give me value for the various data it extracts from my use of its services, but I've not seen any indication that it's anything less than anonymized data.<\/p>\n

Facebook, on the other hand, seems bound and determined to extract every little bit of info it can about you and sell it directly to the highest bidder. \u00a0And it can get away with it because most consumers simply shrug and then laugh at a LOLcat image someone posted for them on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Keith Barrett<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook Didn't Like Hearing Their Customers Tell Them They Don't Want Their Personal Data Publicly Available, So They're Going To Stop Asking And Do It Anyway<\/b><\/p>\n

UPDATE: Facebook is going to allow you to vote on whether you can vote on this (huh?) –\u00a0http:\/\/goo.gl\/MUU5u<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Google+:<\/strong> View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Granted, I'm a Google Zombie — but not only does Google give me value for the various data it extracts from my use of its services, but I've not seen any indication that it's anything less than anonymized data. Facebook, on the other hand, seems bound and determined to extract every little bit of info … Continue reading “Oh, look — another reason to avoid Facebook”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28587,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/15\/florida-will-get-access-to-a-federal-non-citizen-database.html","url_meta":{"origin":31512,"position":0},"title":"Florida will get access to a federal non-citizen database","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 15-Jul-12 10:41am","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database registers legal immigrants (more at\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/O0dBQd). 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