That's it? So if I rationally weigh my cost of having to watch where I click and find it to be significantly less than the benefits from hanging out with friends online, I'm a victim of an "abuse"?
It's a sad day for HN when thoughtful discussions have been replaced by such obvious sensationalism nonsense. We can compile kernels but Facebook's super-complex privacy settings reduce us to wimps.
Here's the text I was thinking of when I wrote that:
"So I was scared shitless when after RSVP'ing I see faces of all my facebook friends and an offer to invite them. I always thought you had to do the whole facebook connect crap before websites could just splash your fb friends list at you?"
Someone was petrified that fb knows and may have already revealed something that person really wants to keep private. Sounds fairly abusive to me.
How long is until you'll be able to 'connect' to the DMV via fb? What if you're a serial scofflaw, and have a trail of unpaid speeding tickets. We already have instances of debt collectors attacking fb profiles. What if state agencies try to get in on this act?
> I always thought you had to do the whole facebook connect crap before websites could just splash your fb friends list at you?
No, you're wrong.
> Someone was petrified that fb knows and may have already revealed
Based on that someone's own mistaken idea.
> How long is until you'll be able to 'connect' to the DMV via fb?
Then just quit when that happens? Or don't let people post to your wall? Or don't friend strangers? Sorry, but these aren't rocket science and they in no way resemble an "abuse".
Watmough, you have to opt in to a site in order for that site to be able to access your information. However, social plugins allow your information to appear inside iframes on third-party sites (without revealing your identity or your friends to the site)
It's a sad day for HN when thoughtful discussions have been replaced by such obvious sensationalism nonsense. We can compile kernels but Facebook's super-complex privacy settings reduce us to wimps.