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Offline dpareja

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Delete Facebook now
« on: September 12, 2014, 10:17:28 pm »
http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/09/facebook-messenger-found-to-be-tracking-a-lot-more-data-than-you-think.html

I know, I know, this is going to sound a lot like a TIM thread. But anyway...

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In August, Facebook announced that it would no longer be allowing its users to communicate via private message on mobile phones without first downloading its proprietary "Messenger" app.

Many of the social network's users were annoyed -- if not outraged -- to learn that the free app was "mandatory" if they wanted to continue using Facebook on the go.

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Some of those who downloaded the app may be thinking twice this week about keeping the app around, however, in light of one iOS forensics and security researcher's recent assertions that Messenger is tracking more data than most people realize.

"Messenger appears to have more spyware type code in it than I've seen in products intended specifically for enterprise surveillance," tweeted Jonathan Zdziarski, a noted author and expert in iOS related digital forensics and security on Tuesday.

Yeah. Facebook Messenger is spying on you more than dedicated spyware.
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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2014, 10:20:18 pm »
This is... disquieting.

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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2014, 10:23:32 pm »
Jokes on them, they'll just help me find porn faster.

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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2014, 11:22:40 pm »
I have never had any desire to join Facebook, ever.

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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2014, 11:57:12 pm »
I have never had any desire to join Facebook, ever.

Ditto here.  You couldn't pay me to use Facebook.
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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2014, 12:05:15 am »
It's pretty much the only way I can contact some of my older friends, but I don't go on it via cellphone anyway.

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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2014, 12:07:24 am »
Joke's on them, I sacrificed my social life to steer clear of Facebook.

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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2014, 12:21:26 am »
I need facebook to look at some pictures and that's pretty much all I use it for.

Tumblr's better for cheap socializing anyways, and you don't have to sell your soul to use it.
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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2014, 06:32:27 am »
All social networks are crap in their own way.

I refuse to download Facebook Messenger, if anyone sends me a message i just go to m.facebook.com and read it there.

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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2014, 09:13:49 am »
It took three years, but I did reactivate my old account, but I don't have any desire to have a data plan on my phone.
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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2014, 10:30:07 am »
I sometimes use Facebook on my phone, but I don't message with it. I don't plan to, so I should be safe. That said, I'll try to limit getting on Facebook during my break. At home is fine, since I have my computer.
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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2014, 04:46:47 pm »
Never joined Facebook.  Never joined any type of social site.  Never intend to. 
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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2014, 07:28:16 pm »
What's Facebook?
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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2014, 09:06:35 pm »
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Re: Delete Facebook now
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2014, 02:17:55 pm »
Sooo...do they have any actual evidence they'd like to present for their claim, or do they expect us to just take them at their word?  Don't get me wrong, I don't doubt that Old Zuck would pull something like this, but I want actual evidence of wrongdoing, not just some people saying that they're doing heinous shit.
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