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MySpace To Sell User Data
OnlyJedi writes "Hot on the news of Netflix canceling its latest contest over privacy concerns, news has spread that MySpace is going in the opposite direction. Apparently, the one-time leading social network is now selling user data to third party collection firms. From the article, the data that InfoChimps has listed includes 'user playlists, mood updates, mobile updates, photos, vents, reviews, blog posts, names and zipcodes.' InfoChimps is a reseller that deals with individuals and groups, from academic researchers to marketers and industry analysts. So if you're worried about your data on MySpace being sold off to anybody with a few hundred dollars, now's the time to delete that little-used account."
To let Rupert Murdoch own your personal information . . . geez!
Specifically they're going to be tailoring ads specific towards you. They're going to know the music you wear
I don't care if they know the music I wear. As long as they don't know the clothes I listen to, I'll be OK.
It's times like this I'm glad I'm with Facebook!
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
Well, unless I misunderstood their TOS, when you signed up, you granted MySPACE the right to do what it pleases with your data. By deleting your account, aren't you thereby revoking that right from MySPACE? So if you delete it today, and they sell it tomorrow, aren't they violating your rights (and hence are liable for the sale)... Or do I not understand this correctly?
If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good
Facebook is RL. I only have friends on Facebook that I want to talk to. Like any tool, you misuse it and it loses its efficacy.
No, you just need to work on reading comprehension. Here's a quick grammar lesson: In the sentence you quoted, I refered to the user multiple times in the 2nd person ("you", "your"). It should be clear to anyone literate that a 3rd-person pronoun ("they") is not referring to the same person as a 2nd-person pronoun in the same sentence.
"They" in "if they are up to no good" means MySpace, asshat.
Well, quite. Any entity that shouldn't be sending me anything but insists on contact details anyway gets postmaster@foo.com, and the snail and phone details from whois foo.com
Dude, stop it! I'm so tired of all the spam you generate for my servers!! Just, please, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!