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Facebook Tracks the Status Updates and Messages You Don't Write Too
Jah-Wren Ryel writes "It turns out Facebook tracks the stuff that people type and then erase before hitting the post button. If you start writing a message, and then think better of it and decide not to post it, Facebook still adds it to the dossier they keep on you. From the article: 'Storing text as you type isn't uncommon on other websites. For example, if you use Gmail, your draft messages are automatically saved as you type them. Even if you close the browser without saving, you can usually find a (nearly) complete copy of the email you were typing in your Drafts folder. Facebook is using essentially the same technology here. The difference is that Google is saving your messages to help you. Facebook users don't expect their unposted thoughts to be collected, nor do they benefit from it.'"
"The difference is that Google is saving your messages to help you."
Well, we hope at least. When Google's robot army kicks down my door for looking up subversive material, will we still be saying this?
..."Stasibook" and be done with it?
Must kill Zuckerberg, Must kill Zuckerberg, Must kill ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
Must post cat video.
Somehow I just can't picture vim phoning home like a proprietary software product.
I guess Slashdot accidentally stored a hilariously inaccurate version of the summary.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
Somehow I just can't picture vim phoning home like a proprietary software product.
Oh yeah? Well, emacs doesn't phone home better, and hasn't been doing it longer!
Well, that's probably the one function emacs doesn't have.
Just for those who haven't memorized all the keybinds, "don't phone home" is c-m-X c-] by default.