Facebook Responds to EPIC FTC Timeline Complaint

Posted by Unknown on Monday January 9, 2012 @01:44AM from the what-was-this-stranger-doing-ten-years-ago dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a snippet from a ZDNet article: "The Electronic Privacy Information Center is unhappy with the way Facebook launched its new Timeline profile. Last month, the privacy organization complained Facebook went too far because it started rolling out the redesign without asking users first. EPIC then followed up with a (four-page letter (PDF) to the Federal Trade Commission asking it to investigate the new feature to insure that it meets with the terms of a November 29th FTC-Facebook settlement. Facebook denies these claims, saying that the Timeline launch has nothing to do with its users' privacy."

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What it has to do with privacy? by DCTech · 2012-01-09 01:44 · Score: 5, Insightful

As far as I can see, the only change is how user profile is displayed. It's a cosmetic change. There is nothing visible that wasn't visible to begin with. The only change is that events and posts are grouped together based on their dates instead of that flat style that was before. But even then the dates were visible, they just weren't grouped together.
1. Re:What it has to do with privacy? by _0xd0ad · 2012-01-09 02:49 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  I went above and beyond and just blocked them everywhere.
  #a(href*=facebook.com/sharer) #a(href*=plusone.google.com/_/+1) #a(href*=twitter.com/intent)
  If that causes problems I might restrict them to slashdot.org. But it probably won't.