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Submitted by AmyW on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 11:28am.

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Facebook Paranoia?

Submitted by david b on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 9:28am.
Facebook doesn't magically reach into your computer and pull out all your personal information by itself. It only has access to what you type into it. Any online tool or service can be used for good or bad. US banks and credit card companies have been responsible for over 20,000,000 leaks of individuals personal information that could be used in identify theft this year (that we know of). Putting your name and email address in to facebook exposes you to far less risk than just handing your credit card over to your waiter at Applebee's
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I have no intention

Submitted by roncypert on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 1:03pm.
of placing my personal (or any other) information on either Facebook or MySpace, and am somewhat amazed that anyone would do so. To voluntarily put one's private information on a space for all the world to see (and use?) just seems dumb, especially given the circumstances in which we now find ourselves. The creator(?) of Facebook seems to be, at best, ethically challenged. There are also disturbing rumors as to the source(s) of seed money for the sites, and the possible, unintended (by the poster) uses of such information. Facebook and MySpace have become the instruments of choice for those involved in identity theft (some estimates go as high as 95% of identity thefts are from these two sources).
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not a good idea

Submitted by boxergirl on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 6:04pm.
I have to agree with Lee. I won't do this regardless of how much I like you all. The very last thing I need is more of my personal info floating around out there. Blech - terrible idea, sorry.
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Social Network with a Conscience

Submitted by Tumbleweed on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 7:29pm.
There’s a new social and business network group, NOT owned by Rupert Murdoch, that will be launching on August 1, that has a social conscience. Instead of all the advertising revenue going to the founder, it will share 80% of its revenue with its members. It is free to join, and there are no other fees whatsoever. Who wouldn’t want to join, when you can get paid for doing the same thing you do in the other social networks, where you get no pay? As for privacy invasions, I signed up with the option to share NO information unless I specifically allow it. It’s a great, anti-corporate-greed idea! Check it out at: http://join.zenzuu.com/tumbleweed.
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No way, Buzz

Submitted by Lee Franklin on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 3:50pm.
MySpace in particular, and Facebook secondarily, are scams. SCAMS! The operators (Rupert Murdoch, in the case of MySpace) have set up a system where we, the people, are both the machine and the fuel for the machine. The machine collects personal information from us, and we have no way of verifying where this information goes, who sees it, who uses it, for what purposes. The more we participate, the more of our friends are encouraged to do so, and the more advertising we all are subjected to. MySpace and Facebook are no-no's. STRONGLY no-no's if we care about our individual privacy and if we care whether we continue to feed the MACHINE that is Rupert Murdoch's creation. No way will I participate in it. It's like jumping into a shark pool with a toothpick as our only weapon and a g-string as our only armor. NO WAY will I give Rupert Murdoch information about me so I can be blacklisted by his Neocon buddies. What the heck are you proposing here, Buzz?
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scam

Submitted by nwguys on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 7:56am.
I've heard this before. Exactly how bad are both of these (and others) supposed to be? BZ
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