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Has anyone else seen this "You can't legally use my info, Facebook" message?

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MisterJackson

Lifer
So I've seen the following message (quoted below) on a few facebook pages over the last couple of days, mainly companies facebook pages. It makes me laugh every time I see it, because it seems retarded and ineffectual.

My question to all here though, is does it carry any weight? Maybe I'm wrong, but to me it seems that Facebook is a free service, that no one is putting a gun to your head to use, and you really have no expectation to privacy as a result. The only catch I can possibly see is that maybe there is some binding law protecting you now that they are a publicly traded company, but I still don't see the logic in that.

To all the people I see whining about this I simply say or think, if you don't want it used by facebook, then don't fucking post it, period.

What's your take?


"For those of you who do not understand the reasoning behind this posting, Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Unless you state otherwise, anyone can infringe on your right to privacy once you post to this site. It is recommended that you and other members post a similar notice as this, or you may copy and paste this version. If you do not post such a statement once, then you are indirectly allowing public use of items such as your photos and the information contained in your status updates.

PRIVACY NOTICE: Warning - any person and/or institution and/or Agent and/or Agency of any governmental structure including but not limited to the United States Federal Government also using or monitoring/using this website or any of its associated websites, you do NOT have my permission to utilize any of my profile information nor any of the content contained herein including, but not limited to my photos, and/or the comments made about my photos or any other "picture" art posted on my profile.

You are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, disseminating, or taking any other action against me with regard to this profile and the contents herein. The foregoing prohibitions also apply to your employee , agent , student or any personnel under your direction or control.

The contents of this profile are private and legally privileged and confidential information, and the violation of my personal privacy is punishable by law. UCC 1-103 1-308 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WITHOUT PREJUDICE"
 
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MisterJackson said:
So I've seen the following message (quoted below) on a few facebook pages over the last couple of days, mainly companies facebook pages. It makes me laugh every time I see it, because it seems retarded and ineffectual.

My question to all here though, is does it carry any weight? Maybe I'm wrong, but to me it seems that Facebook is a free service, that no one is putting a gun to your head to use, and you really have no expectation to privacy as a result. The only catch I can possibly see is that maybe there is some binding law protecting you now that they are a publicly traded company, but I still don't see the logic in that.

To all the people I see whining about this I simply say or think, if you don't want it used by facebook, then don't fucking post it, period.

What's your take?


"For those of you who do not understand the reasoning behind this posting, Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Unless you state otherwise, anyone can infringe on your right to privacy once you post to this site. It is recommended that you and other members post a similar notice as this, or you may copy and paste this version. If you do not post such a statement once, then you are indirectly allowing public use of items such as your photos and the information contained in your status updates.

PRIVACY NOTICE: Warning - any person and/or institution and/or Agent and/or Agency of any governmental structure including but not limited to the United States Federal Government also using or monitoring/using this website or any of its associated websites, you do NOT have my permission to utilize any of my profile information nor any of the content contained herein including, but not limited to my photos, and/or the comments made about my photos or any other "picture" art posted on my profile.

You are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, disseminating, or taking any other action against me with regard to this profile and the contents herein. The foregoing prohibitions also apply to your employee , agent , student or any personnel under your direction or control.

The contents of this profile are private and legally privileged and confidential information, and the violation of my personal privacy is punishable by law. UCC 1-103 1-308 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WITHOUT PREJUDICE"
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You don't see the logic in much of anything it seems. You seem to be an irrational and illogical individual, driven by emotion. It's not healthy unless you're female.
 
I agree with your argument, and wouldn't trust facebook even if it were illegal to "use my info". They are selling pastures of consumers, so they are going to use whatever edge they can to prove to advertisers they have the greenest pastures and the fattest cows.

I also was not raised with an entitlement attitude and realize how expensive it is to maintain a server farm and a staff of well payed employees. I choose not to patronize Facebook because I would rather be an outcast than a cog in the business of information diarrhea.
 
Captain Howdy said:
I agree with your argument, and wouldn't trust facebook even if it were illegal to "use my info". They are selling pastures of consumers, so they are going to use whatever edge they can to prove to advertisers they have the greenest pastures and the fattest cows.

I also was not raised with an entitlement attitude and realize how expensive it is to maintain a server farm and a staff of well payed employees. I choose not to patronize Facebook because I would rather be an outcast than a cog in the business of information diarrhea.
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Same.
 
SillyOReilly said:
You poor baby,this dude on bath salts disassembled your idiotic rant into precisely that. 🙄
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You post achieved nothing, and in the context of his rant, your post seems to entirely miss all points introduced.



OP, I too have always wondered about that catch-all statement. You see it on a few different social sites from time to time, and I always figured it was a futile gesture because I am not aware of any law that could protect you from data-mining simply because you said no. You vote no by not publicly posting data that data-miners want, you don't do it by posting all that information and then saying "Nope, no sir, you can't use this information for anything."

To the best of my knowledge, anything written in a public space, regardless of an individuals misconceptions or beliefs, is entirely open for the public to scrutinize. Just because it's on the internet doesn't change the fact that it's public data, if it's a public website.

This would be like writing your address in chalk somewhere, then next to it a statement declaring said information is not to be used by anyone for anything.

It's a fallacy borne out of ignorance, it seems.
 
i have seen a few people put it in their status, LOL
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I've seen it and to think you have ANY privacy on FB is laughable at best.

The old saying goes.

When the product/service is free, YOU are the product.
 
destrekor said:
You post achieved nothing, and in the context of his rant, your post seems to entirely miss all points introduced.



OP, I too have always wondered about that catch-all statement. You see it on a few different social sites from time to time, and I always figured it was a futile gesture because I am not aware of any law that could protect you from data-mining simply because you said no. You vote no by not publicly posting data that data-miners want, you don't do it by posting all that information and then saying "Nope, no sir, you can't use this information for anything."

To the best of my knowledge, anything written in a public space, regardless of an individuals misconceptions or beliefs, is entirely open for the public to scrutinize. Just because it's on the internet doesn't change the fact that it's public data, if it's a public website.

This would be like writing your address in chalk somewhere, then next to it a statement declaring said information is not to be used by anyone for anything.

It's a fallacy borne out of ignorance, it seems.
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Yea well, there is no wonderment in what were discussing. Sorry for you that you didn't have the knowledge to understand the reasons as to why I bolded what I did and why it was an irrational rant.

MisterJackson said:
Well said
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According to you and your irrational mind. :whiste:
 
I never had a problem with facebook's business model. People have this internet thing that they are utterly addicted to, and it's free. Of course they are making money off of them by using the information they give. It's an entitlement thing. Once people find out they like something, they feel like they have a "right" to it. That it should be given to them and should do nothing they don't like, even if that means not doing the very thing that keeps it in operation. Kinda stupid IMO.
 
That statement likely conflicts with facebook's TOS. If so, their TOS will override it. In any case, it's a stupid notice to post. You don't give your data to the FBI, and expect them not to use it. Same thing with facebook, and is why I don't do facebook.
 
Just so everyone is clear, that statement really has little to do telling Facebook (in this case) to not use your data in order to make a profit.

It has everything to do with organizations completely separate from social media "snooping" and culling your information to make decisions or data-mine in their own way, outside of Facebook's ad services.
It could be about a few things: preventing governments from profiling; preventing employers from researching potential employees; your data being used for non-profit research; preventing credit-giving organizations from data-mining for credit-worthiness decisions.

To that end, I still thoroughly believe there is nothing one can do to prevent that, if you publicly make that information available in the first place.
 
Does one have any reasonable expectation of privacy anywhere anymore?

Does it really matter?
 
You've already signed over all of the rights to your data when you signed up for FB. The suggestion that you can now retract that is preposterous. FB is a private service that you are actively searching out to utilize.

But whatever makes people feel better.
 
SunnyD said:
Does one have any reasonable expectation of privacy anywhere anymore?

Does it really matter?
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no it doesn't matter, unless it matters to a person. a person with REAL concern goes off the grid, that is the only way to achieve privacy

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p.s. this isn't technically a venn diagram, it is a technically a Euler diagram, i believe, but it is still helpful
 
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