Yes, but I was referring to how would Facebook sell its ads if they couldn't use your information? They would go back 10 years and try to sell me stuff I don't care for.
I like my information being private but I hate having ads for the George Foreman Grill!
facebook has ad space now, they rotate on the right hand side of the page. i think they use keywords that you have on your wall or in your profile to decide what ads they pop up. I sell real estate part time and i'm ALWAYS getting ads for houses!
How would FB sell the app space? If I'm a developer, I want as much info as possible. The same thing applies to ads, how can they sell without knowing the target group?
That's a great question, I think it all depends on what demands society places on Facebook. With Facebook book now creating email accounts, and probably video chat people may start caring more about how secure this social network is.
If people start demanding that their information be more secure I can definetly see Facebook becoming the leader. As I said they are a business and ultimately to make more money they will please the masses. Facebook has the talent and the ability.
@rwidbee - i agree, it would be great if FB would take the lead, or at least strong handshake with a few others. Do you think they'll "spark the revolution" as you say or do you think they'll be a sideline player. Or maybe remain silent.
True a lot of people don't seem to worry much about privacy issues. the only people i have ever met complaining about privacy were people in the IT industry(am not saying others don't complain but these are the ones i've met). So i imagine it could be partly as a result of not knowing the possible extent of damage that can result from poor information privacy? indeed a lot of people willingly divulge a lot of info about themselves without taking precaution, even posting pictures of themselves that could be used against them in very extreme ways.
The issue with third-party apps divulging information was something that wasn't entirely in Facebook's hands. Although Facebook did cover up the issue diplomatically and saved all the parties involved from any disgrace.
This issue with Facebook's employees mishandling and misusing customer information is a much serious one. I think this issue has nothing to do with the fact that Facebook is a social networking website. Facebook is an IT company and almost every IT company has loads of customer information which they need to protect. Every company has it's data protection policy and employees are supposed to abide by it. Leaking out customer information is one of the most primitive types of unethical IT practices and I am sure Facebook can be easily sued for this. What Facebook should do is to take actions against those employees and make the public aware of it to clean up it's image.
My point is that if users feel FB is not doing enough to safeguard their privacy concerns, close your account. At my last check, there are over 20 million people using FB. Now I haven't polled many of them but most of them probably aren't that concerned with their privacy. Most willingly divulge loads of information.
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