Post: #76

(07-01-2015 02:00 PM)Pacesetter20 Wrote:  I've been seeing this on LinkedIn as well.

Same here- thought I was the only one. I don't remember ever supplying my phone number for either service.

Post: #77

Think of Zuckface and LumpedIn this way - you can uncheck all the boxes you want but the data fields are still their in their underlying Bigdata DBs (Like Hadoop) and if they can datamine your fields to monetize even old data to sell new ad revenues they will especially if mobile GPS location ads which pay the most and is Facebooks er ah um Zuckfaces fastest growing profit center.

Installing the Zuckface and LumpedIn apps on your mobile GPS device or even GPS off they still triangulate your position with cell towers and estimate your location very accurately - you might as well give them the keys to your private life and even a moderately nosey female (they are all like cats in their curiosity) will find stuff out about you - I know one guy had FB and LI apps installed and FB actually asked a number of his female fuck buddies if they knew the other in order to connect.

That can never be a good thing for any man with game that he wants to keep private.

Remember in life and business "Success is Secrecy and Secrecy is Success!!!"

Post: #78

(07-23-2015 02:18 PM)Nascimento Wrote:  I've said this before--I don't know what the negative fuss over Facebook is about (at least from a personal perspective). Facebook is great, it allows me to stay connected to friends and family all over the globe.

The problems with it can be mitigated by doing just a few things:

- Make everything in your profile private to the outside world. Only your friends can see your stuff
- Don't put excessive info in your profile
- Stay minimalist with the pictures, posts, status updates
- Don't add many people and don't accept most invitations
- Only keep close friends and family with minor exceptions. I used to have 500+ friends there a couple years ago, now it's less than 200 (and should probably be a lot less).
- Don't use your real last name (probably unnecessary, but just an extra measure to take).

It's not that complicated!

The problem is Facebook continues to change over the years and it will get more sophisticated as time goes on. What you posted above is not enough.

-You can't have a mobile number associated with the account.
-You need a fake email account associated with your account
-You can't search(creep) for people using your facebook account or else you will show up in their "do you know this person" suggestion so you need a second fake profile just for that

Potential issues with Facebook;
Linking of your IP with your general internet profile. The profile that third party info buyers use that link all of your internet viewing/spending habits together. The tech is already there for this level of data mining. For example lets say Facebook, Google and Amazon said that wanted to have a full report on you. It's as simple as linking your Facebook IP addresses, to the Google search and to Amazon. Then Amazon provides the real name, Google provides every single fucked up internet search you have done and then this links back to your Facebook account. Luckily there are millions and millions of people out there so unless the FBI is knocking down some doors your not a primary target but as time goes on these Internet Profiles are going to start to become more of a reality. 10-15 years ago nobody was really considering all of the pieces of the puzzle to be put together but we are starting to see its a lot more possible. It's better to take a step back and know it's coming.

Post: #79

It's a bad thing, but only if you have important shit on your FB. I use mine strictly for school info so i don't care if some old bangs see my profile. I actually contacted a few old flames I lost contact with, that I was going to be out in their area. Always look for ways to turn negatives into positives.

-CD

Post: #80

To anyone who is saying, delete your phone number or don't enter it- it doesn't work like that.

Several other services are connected to Facebook that require phone numbers, if one of them will share your number - it's on there permanently, regardless if you delete it. (I've never given Facebook my number, yet they have my number in the Philippines because I use the IM service Viber)

Also, if a statistically significant number of people have your phone number entered into their phones when their contacts are scanned, your identity can be deduced (or significantly narrowed down to a low number of people - all of which will be targeted/displayed).

The only winning play is to never use any electronics that connect to a network - and if you've already done it once, just stop.

That's not an option for me at the moment, I don't like it, but I have no choice but to accept it.