http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/ information ethics : privacy : new media : values in design : 2.0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-154181 toys Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:04:02 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/#comment-154181 That's ridiculous. A phone number is private no matter how you view it, because it provides an incredible amount of information about who you are. People who don't realise the dangers of giving their phone number out to just anyone are totally stupid. Even if they don't consider it private, it certainly is private. Yes, I know we put our blogs and businesses on the net with phone numbers and contact details but that's very different. That’s ridiculous. A phone number is private no matter how you view it, because it provides an incredible amount of information about who you are. People who don’t realise the dangers of giving their phone number out to just anyone are totally stupid. Even if they don’t consider it private, it certainly is private. Yes, I know we put our blogs and businesses on the net with phone numbers and contact details but that’s very different.

]]> http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-76432 Michael Zimmer Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:23:10 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/#comment-76432 I agree. Whether one considers their birthdate private or not is irrelevant to the potential usefulness of that bit of data if left exposed for those bad apples (or frogs) who hope to scrape such sites to gather information for identity theft, etc. The issue is sensitive information being online, not a public/private dichotomy. I agree. Whether one considers their birthdate private or not is irrelevant to the potential usefulness of that bit of data if left exposed for those bad apples (or frogs) who hope to scrape such sites to gather information for identity theft, etc. The issue is sensitive information being online, not a public/private dichotomy.

]]> http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-76364 James Grimmelmann Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:41:35 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/#comment-76364 Yes, but how many of the people who divulged information considered that information at all private? I already list a frog as a friend with Friendster, and there's nothing in my Facebook profile that I consider nonpublic. I would sooner educate people about not putting sensitive information into Facebook in the first place than educate them about who they communicate with. Yes, but how many of the people who divulged information considered that information at all private? I already list a frog as a friend with Friendster, and there’s nothing in my Facebook profile that I consider nonpublic. I would sooner educate people about not putting sensitive information into Facebook in the first place than educate them about who they communicate with.

]]> http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-75468 Design for MySpace Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:59:51 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2007/08/19/41-of-facebook-users-share-personal-information-with-a-frog/#comment-75468 Perhaps it is resemblance of common F between facebook and frog. Perhaps it is resemblance of common F between facebook and frog.

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