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Facebook Responds to EPIC FTC Timeline Complaint

Posted by Unknown on 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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  1. What it has to do with privacy? by DCTech · · 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 OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

      So you admit that you use Facebook?

      I also use facebook.

      And I also have 2 Macs and 2 Windows PC's on my desk where I run VMs with everything from W98 to 2008 server as well as a couple of variations of linux. I program in a host of languages doing things from websites to industrial control systems to smart phone apps. I use Yahoo messenger, and on occasion use my 3 hotmail accounts. I'll admit that my ICQ profile is probably long gone, and at one stage I did have an AOL account, but moved on to Earthlink.

      So has your little, puny AC head exploded yet?

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    2. Re:What it has to do with privacy? by Nursie · · Score: 5, Informative

      Adblock Plus - add a rule to block "http://a.fsdn.com/sd/commentshareicons.png"

      Seems to have fixed it for me, they are most annoying and I can't think of a time I have ever wanted to share someone else's slashdot post on social media sites.

    3. Re:What it has to do with privacy? by _0xd0ad · · 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.