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Mozilla Launches a Petition Asking Facebook To Do More For User Privacy (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the have-some-shame dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: After it was revealed that the personal data of 50 million Facebook users was shared without consent, Mozilla is calling on the social network to ensure that user privacy is protected by default, particularly when it comes to apps.

Ashley Boyd, Mozilla's vice president of advocacy, says that billions of Facebook users are unknowingly at risk of having their data passed on to third parties. He says: "If you play games, read news or take quizzes on Facebook, chances are you are doing those activities through third-party apps and not through Facebook itself. The default permissions that Facebook gives to those third parties currently include data from your education and work, current city and posts on your timeline."

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  1. It is FB's business model by aepervius · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Their business model is to break as much privacy as they can get away and sell the data. And you ask them to reduce/stop that ? LOL. I have a bridge to sell you. They won't stop or do anything until forced by law, or forced to change their business model by having too many people bleed out of their platform. And that's it. Hoping for anything else is being incredibly naive.

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    1. Re:It is FB's business model by jellomizer · · Score: 2

      Your privacy is the price you pay for for Facebooks services.
      Facebook then trades that information for cash.
      It isn't that hard of a business model for people to understand.
      If you don't want to give up your privacy, then don't use Facebook, or expect Facebook to offer you services. Unless enough people are willing to pay $100 a year for Facebook private.

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    2. Re: It is FB's business model by c6gunner · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Problem is, Facebook tracks you regardless of whether you use their services.

  2. Here's an idea... by Roger+W+Moore · · Score: 2

    If you want privacy why not start by not posting personal details on a website, especially not one like Facebook?

    1. Re: Here's an idea... by DaMattster · · Score: 2

      It's a great idea too. Just delete Facebook and do something educational or meaningful.

  3. Personal information is for friends, not sales by iamhassi · · Score: 2

    Problem with Facebook is we post a new job or school or city because we want friends to know how we are doing. It's not for Facebook to take that information and sell it to anyone looking for someone going to a specific school or job. Facebook even constantly asks "where do you work? Connect with coworkers on Facebook" as if you're missing out if you don't tell Facebook where you work. Most people don't realize every word you write online is for sale. It's wrong that Facebook does it, there should be an opt out, but then advertisers wouldn't pay as much and Facebook would lose money.

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  4. Facebook launches a counter petition.... by Kenja · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... asking Mozilla to stop making web browsers. More or less the same thing.

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