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[Raven]

http://cryptome.org/isp-spy/yahoo-spy.pdf

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[Stutroup]

Facebook is changing things, too.

Apparently profiles set to private no longer just show your name.  The Slashdot summary (better than I could re-summarize anything)

"Facebook launched new privacy settings this week. Cosmetically, this means that the settings are explained more clearly and are marginally easier to manage. Unfortunately, some of the most significant changes actually make preserving privacy harder for its users: profile elements that could previously be restricted to 'Only Friends' are now designated as irrevocably publicly available: 'Publicly available information includes your name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, friend list, and Pages.' Where you could previously preserve the privacy of this information and remain publicly searchable only by name, Facebook now forces you to either give up this information (including your current city!) to anyone with a Facebook account, or to restrict your search visibility — which of course limits the usefulness of the site far beyond how not publicly sharing your profile picture would. That Facebook made this change while simultaneously rolling out major changes to the privacy settings interface seems disingenuous."

http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=927

[News Thetan]

Facebookarazzi: Stalking Celebrities Just Got A Whole Lot Easier (Defamer)
13 December 2009, 4:09 pm

The implications of Facebook’s recent privacy rollback will likely take months to reveal themselves. But it’s already clear they go beyond Mark Zuckerberg’s stash of intimate pics ; we’re already starting to learn new things about Hollywood celebrities. (more…)

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for scientology OR scientologist OR miscavige OR criminon OR CCHR OR freewinds

[Stutroup]

I was JUST about to post something about that!  Apparently Facebook's privacy policy change has made EVERYONE'S pictures available!  Even the founder's, who I guess hoped to leave it all private.

[Alp]

The rule of thumb is: don't post anything online that you don't want your mom or the cops seeing! Even "private" photobucket accounts can be "dumped" at anytime using some simple sleuthing and URL manipulation techniques.

If you HAVE to share something sensitive/embarrassing, share it through your own private servers, FTP or otherwise. Posting that stuff on websites is taking a huge risk, IMO...

[Lorelei]

My real name and uncovered face do not appear anywhere on my FB account(s).

However, I was annoyed that my particular network(s), FB groups I joined, things / people of which I am a "fan," my profile picture, and "mutual friends" all show by default and cannot be hidden. BEWARE.

[88 Champion Edition Turbo]

I quit being paranoid a long time ago. If the cult was going to try something on me, they had a grand slam opportunity last June and never took it. So I don't hide my face in my non-anon life.

[Lorelei]

It's not even an issue of paranoia related to the cult. I just prefer to keep my In Real Life details off the Internet as much as possible. This becomes all the more important now that employers actively LOOK for reasons not to hire you or to fire you, and often grep / Google you to see what you do in your private, non-work life. I find this appalling and intrusive whether or not I do anything "naughty" (I pretty much don't do very "naughty" things on a regular basis if at all, and pretty much refuse to talk about such things online) or have friends who do "naughty" things (I definitely do have "naughty" friends, and some definitely talk a LOT about the shenanigans they get up to).

Teachers in particular have been targeted by disgruntled parents or employers and fired for posting innocent pictures of themselves on holiday touring the Guinness Brewery (and holding a glass of Guinness), or attending a Hallowe'en cocktail party (and holding a fruity concoction that was probably alcoholic), or expressing frustration with co-workers / bad days at work, etc. Note that adults drinking alcohol is LEGAL, and these people got censured / fired ANYway. It SUCKS, and I wouldn't want to knowingly work for an employer like that anyway, but when the only option is work for a jerk employer or not work at all, what do you do? Ya gotta eat. Ya gotta pay bills.

Some Power Word details inevitably escape into the wilds, but are career- or (past) profession-related, so I'm not too bothered by that, and technically they aren't the Power Word details that, say, the government (DMV, SS, birth cert., etc.) has on me anyway.

As for FB, I am aware that someone may find me, despite "Lorelei" being an incredibly popular nick online. I've used it since I was puttering around on BBSes in the late 80s, however, so I find it suits me fine to stick with it. I don't post pix of myself with my face showing on FB, I don't leave comments from friends that address me by my Power Word up on my "wall," and I regularly delete FB game-related posts for two reasons: no one cares but other FB gamers and the links quickly become obsolete, and employers may get the idea that this is all I do all day because the volume of posts generated by the 3-4 games I do try to keep up with (while I am online doing non-game things) is ridiculous.
There ARE some pix of me online with my face uncovered, but they are at least five years old, and my hair has been four colours since then. Good luck tying the person in the photo to me. Bad prescription meds, a busy but mostly sedentary lifestyle, depression, and huge amounts of stress have caused me to gain a little weight. If past history serves, once I move back to ATL and start working fulltime and resume my preferred social routines, I'll be the same underweight stick I always used to be. At that point, maybe I will worry about being identifiable by online photos again.

If you know me, you know I CAN HAZ FERRET, so that serves as my calling card with people I actually give a crap about.

My worst habits online are posting when I am having a crappy day instead of STFUing and going offline to take a nap or drink a glass of water or eat a Snickers or something, and the occasional dropping of F-bombs (something I would NOT do while at work, though I might be THINKING them, and often, with mental exclamation points).