Comments on: Facebook Names and Privacy Concerns http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/ Gotta get geeked Sat, 19 May 2012 11:52:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: 16punches http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-17541 16punches Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:01:12 +0000 http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-17541 So I guess the thing is, once you've begun creating an online identity everything you do online is inextricably linked. There's no going back for me now. But for someone just starting out on the web (they do exist!) it's important to keep in mind that sooner or later people will connect what you write and the pictures of you that end up posted on the internet. So I guess the thing is, once you’ve begun creating an online identity everything you do online is inextricably linked. There’s no going back for me now.

But for someone just starting out on the web (they do exist!) it’s important to keep in mind that sooner or later people will connect what you write and the pictures of you that end up posted on the internet.

]]> By: Jeff Schiller http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16940 Jeff Schiller Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:02:49 +0000 http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16940 I use my real name when I post on blogs and some forums too (though "codedread" is a more unique search term, so I've been sidling that way recently on forums). And my real name all links back to my site and blog. It's really about establishing an online identity. By the way, I also keep my profile locked down (http://www.facebook.com/privacy.php?view=profile) so that only my friends can see it. So the fact that I use a real name on Facebook and LinkedIn is not too much of a concern for me. You've used your real name on LinkedIn by the way and that comes up in a Google search for "Windsor" + your first name - just an FYI (feel free to remove this entire sentence from my comment if you're concerned). Ultimately, I think anyone enterprising enough could figure out your name simply from your profile, looking at your friends, going to their website links, etc. I guess it's really about how much you want to make public - the more websites you run, the more posts you make, the more comments you leave, the more information you're giving away. I use my real name when I post on blogs and some forums too (though “codedread” is a more unique search term, so I’ve been sidling that way recently on forums). And my real name all links back to my site and blog. It’s really about establishing an online identity.

By the way, I also keep my profile locked down (http://www.facebook.com/privacy.php?view=profile) so that only my friends can see it.

So the fact that I use a real name on Facebook and LinkedIn is not too much of a concern for me. You’ve used your real name on LinkedIn by the way and that comes up in a Google search for “Windsor” + your first name - just an FYI (feel free to remove this entire sentence from my comment if you’re concerned).

Ultimately, I think anyone enterprising enough could figure out your name simply from your profile, looking at your friends, going to their website links, etc. I guess it’s really about how much you want to make public - the more websites you run, the more posts you make, the more comments you leave, the more information you’re giving away.

]]> By: 16punches http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16548 16punches Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:05:55 +0000 http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16548 Woah! That's a scary link. I especially like this part: "Facebook's privacy policy doesn't explicitly reserve or waive employees' right to check out your profile for any reason. " Skunkery, indeed. Woah! That’s a scary link. I especially like this part:

“Facebook’s privacy policy doesn’t explicitly reserve or waive employees’ right to check out your profile for any reason. ”

Skunkery, indeed.

]]> By: Rob http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16500 Rob Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:19:09 +0000 http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16500 Okay, maybe I should be concerned about people looking at me exactly http://valleywag.com/tech/scoop/facebook-employees-know-what-profiles-you-look-at-315901.php Okay, maybe I should be concerned about people looking at me exactly http://valleywag.com/tech/scoop/facebook-employees-know-what-profiles-you-look-at-315901.php

]]> By: Rob http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16340 Rob Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:27:37 +0000 http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16340 Part of the deal is giving away a little of our information. What you get back can really be great but it only works if everyone's in. And once everyone's in of course that's what's really valuable to the commercial interests behind Facebook and the rest. As I've said in other places, it's not that I'm concerned somebody will track down the fact that I said something bad about product X on Slashdot one day and now they know my name, it's all about the aggregate mass of data. When my info gets mixed with 10 thousand others like me and a company decides that I'm not a worthwhile customer any more. Or worse, that they want to keep me but they just don't have to treat me very well. Just mix some horror stories from <a href="http://consumerist.com/" rel="nofollow">The Consumerist</a> with the datamining and demographic information that we know Yahoo, MSN & Google all collect and let the conspiracy theories start flowing :) . Part of the deal is giving away a little of our information. What you get back can really be great but it only works if everyone’s in. And once everyone’s in of course that’s what’s really valuable to the commercial interests behind Facebook and the rest.

As I’ve said in other places, it’s not that I’m concerned somebody will track down the fact that I said something bad about product X on Slashdot one day and now they know my name, it’s all about the aggregate mass of data. When my info gets mixed with 10 thousand others like me and a company decides that I’m not a worthwhile customer any more. Or worse, that they want to keep me but they just don’t have to treat me very well.

Just mix some horror stories from The Consumerist with the datamining and demographic information that we know Yahoo, MSN & Google all collect and let the conspiracy theories start flowing :) .

]]> By: 16punches http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16294 16punches Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:34:48 +0000 http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16294 Hmm. Missed that. Can't change it under profile settings which is where I looked. Still though, what do you think about the issue of using a full name on Facebook? Do you use your full name everywhere or just in some places like on flickr and your blog? Hmm. Missed that. Can’t change it under profile settings which is where I looked.

Still though, what do you think about the issue of using a full name on Facebook? Do you use your full name everywhere or just in some places like on flickr and your blog?

]]> By: Jeff Schiller http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16252 Jeff Schiller Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:57:41 +0000 http://www.16punches.com/2007/11/04/facebook-names-and-privacy-concerns/#comment-16252 Any reason you can't just change your Name at https://register.facebook.com/editaccount.php ? Any reason you can’t just change your Name at https://register.facebook.com/editaccount.php ?

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