[hackerspace] Facebook and Social Media Spying

  • From: Arun M <arun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: womenhackers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, hackerspace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, machine-learning-enthusiast@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:05:02 +0530

http://www.osnews.com/story/29447/Facebook_used_the_controversial_surveillance_tool_it_blocked

Today I was in a meeting on Smart City. Some one ( male technologist)
was proposing that our CCTV cameras should be more widely accessible,
not just to traffic police so that city is more secure!!!

What an Idea sirji..??

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Social media companies like Facebook are weird - and incredibly
pervasive. Someone I know - I'm not going to be too specific here -
once proudly said he/she does not want Facebook to know where he/she
lives, so he/she did not fill in that field in his/her Facebook
account. I smiled internally and thought to myself "Facebook knows you
are at a specific address between the hours of 18:00 and 8:30 every
workday and during the weekend - I'm pretty sure Facebook knows where
you live".

Comfort levels with social media and technology companies usually come
down to fooling ourselves.
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