Most of you on here are ignorant.... you have to OPT-IN... meaning if you don't want the feature... just ignore it...
How easy can it be?
It's not an "invasion of your privacy".... it's an option for those who want iOS to auto-detect what they are listening to instead of manually searching for it. A majority of the time I don't put what i'm listening to because I don't want to do the manual search. This would definitely make it easier.
However, your ignorance and stupid argument of invasion of privacy proves that a majority of consumer do not know how to use the products they purchase.
No one here is "ignorant" of the fact that it is an "opt in" feature. It's pretty naive to be so confident that merely knowing "how to use the product" makes one impervious to privacy breaches. And calling those who see the flaws here ignorant and stupid puts a capital N on that.
Here's one easy recent example of facebook negating a user opt setting just because they can.
From the Electronic Privacy Information Center only seven months ago.
"Facebook Removes Crucial Privacy Setting for Users’ Names : Facebook has begun removing a privacy setting that allowed users to opt-out from their name being included in its “Graph Search” feature. All users, even those who had previously decided to remove their name from searches, will now be included in Graph Search results."
Note how reading facebook's official explanation spins it so hard most people would have no idea that what they opted out of they are now being thrown into.
Just when you thought Facebook couldn't get any creepier. Small wonder privacy advocates recommend that you don't use your real birth date when you sign up.
You probably shouldn't use your real name nor your own home/work ip either.
The National Security Agency and the FBI teamed up in October 2010 to develop techniques for turning Facebook into a surveillance tool.
Documents released alongside security journalist Glenn Greenwald’s new book, “No Place To Hide,” reveal the NSA and FBI partnership, in which the two agencies developed techniques for exploiting Facebook chats, capturing private photos, collecting IP addresses, and gathering private profile data.
I use a pseudonym on FB and barely post on there, however this is the tipping point. I've deleted the app from my iPhone, if I bother to check it from now on, it will only be via the browser version.
While optional, one more intrusion into our privacy. And I find it hard to believe that they won't save this data and create a rating service out of it, since Facebook's sample sizes will be far larger than anything Nielson does. So one more way for Facebook to make money out of privacy intrusion.
But most people who use Facebook probably won't care. People are frequently post every trivial aspect of their lives and don't mind tell us where they are at any given moment aren't going to care if Facebook reports what TV show they're watching.
But that's the part I don't get: once a person uses that "optional" choice to share information I no longer see an "intrusion into our privacy" issue.
While, yes, the attraction to monetize this will be irresistible at some point down the road I agree.
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Most of you on here are ignorant.... you have to OPT-IN... meaning if you don't want the feature... just ignore it...
How easy can it be?
It's not an "invasion of your privacy".... it's an option for those who want iOS to auto-detect what they are listening to instead of manually searching for it. A majority of the time I don't put what i'm listening to because I don't want to do the manual search. This would definitely make it easier.
However, your ignorance and stupid argument of invasion of privacy proves that a majority of consumer do not know how to use the products they purchase.
#ignoranceisnotbliss #endsoapbox
No one here is "ignorant" of the fact that it is an "opt in" feature. It's pretty naive to be so confident that merely knowing "how to use the product" makes one impervious to privacy breaches. And calling those who see the flaws here ignorant and stupid puts a capital N on that.
It'll assume you are watching a Samsung keynote speech.
Just when you thought Facebook couldn't get any creepier. Small wonder privacy advocates recommend that you don't use your real birth date when you sign up.
You probably shouldn't use your real name nor your own home/work ip either.
How the NSA & FBI made Facebook the perfect mass surveillance tool
The National Security Agency and the FBI teamed up in October 2010 to develop techniques for turning Facebook into a surveillance tool.
Documents released alongside security journalist Glenn Greenwald’s new book, “No Place To Hide,” reveal the NSA and FBI partnership, in which the two agencies developed techniques for exploiting Facebook chats, capturing private photos, collecting IP addresses, and gathering private profile data.
According to the slides below...
I use a pseudonym on FB and barely post on there, however this is the tipping point. I've deleted the app from my iPhone, if I bother to check it from now on, it will only be via the browser version.
"Sent while watching 'MILF Bangers 14'"
i still can't get over the fact that people think their lives are so important that they feel the need to share everything.
Posted ironically in that you apparently felt your opinion on their thoughts were so important it had to be shared?
Well played.
While optional, one more intrusion into our privacy. And I find it hard to believe that they won't save this data and create a rating service out of it, since Facebook's sample sizes will be far larger than anything Nielson does. So one more way for Facebook to make money out of privacy intrusion.
But most people who use Facebook probably won't care. People are frequently post every trivial aspect of their lives and don't mind tell us where they are at any given moment aren't going to care if Facebook reports what TV show they're watching.
But that's the part I don't get: once a person uses that "optional" choice to share information I no longer see an "intrusion into our privacy" issue.
While, yes, the attraction to monetize this will be irresistible at some point down the road I agree.