bcla
On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2012
Yeah, I can understand that there are privacy issues and I am all for making them be transparent about how one's data may be used. Still, if someone agrees to it, then that is their decision. I don't use any of the services under scrutiny, but I think a ban is extreme.
If it’s really about privacy, ban all social media. People freely put themselves out there.
Exactly. I can totally understand requiring a privacy disclosure, but at the end of the day it's on the users if they want to give away their data.
I totally agree with you. I am sure a bunch of kids adding their dance moves to the site is more dangerous for our privacy than all the other social media platforms and data breaches of companies!! How is this any different than some 3rd world countries banning the use of internet or social platforms (which there are some) because they want to control people's use?!Sorry, this is pretending to be concerned about people's privacy. However, when there were the 2 data breaches of personnel files in the Office of Personnel management in the government, they said to everyone affected "sorry, here's some monitoring for your troubles, but we're not at fault for the breaches". Well, my biometric data, ss #, dob, addresses for several years and basically everything to make an identity theifs dream come true was included in those files. If the government cared about people's privacy, they might atleast try to atleast encrypt their employees personal information. They still haven't.
I totally agree with you. I am sure a bunch of kids adding their dance moves to the site is more dangerous for our privacy than all the other social media platforms and data breaches of companies!! How is this any different than some 3rd world countries banning the use of internet or social platforms (which there are some) because they want to control people's use?!
So, when are FB and ABC going to be banned?I'm not going to pretend to understand this, but I heard on the news this am that the people in China use WeChat for everything, much as many of us use Google and all of its apps here. I hear complaints and concerns all the time about what Google and Facebook are doing (or could be doing) with our data we so freely give them here - why would you trust a company in China with that same sort of data?
Then why good riddance if you never cared for nor even used it?Good riddance. Don't care.
This isn't about privacy, it's about someone getting their feelings hurt. Facebook is a terrible protector of privacy but there is no talk about banning that in the US.
<insert sarcasm> Next Friday 12:00 pm Eastern time. </end sarcasm>So, when are FB and ABC going to be banned?