Facebook again
Facebook is playing down it's latest breach of user security. Only 50 million poor users have been affected. The damage has now been done and cannot be corrected as users private details are now in the public domain. Will the number stay at 50 million, it has been suggested that there are millions more. Has Facebook had it's day ?.
K
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+ 1 Moulesy !!
Several friends kept telling me of the fun etc they derive from Faceache & talked me into trying it so I did, alas.
The best thing I found was the recent up-date of the data protection system which gave me a direct feed to the "Opt Out Smartish" system of which I availed myself & got a series of begging e-mails from Faceache -- long may they miss me
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Admittedly a majority it is assumed go overboard and post all manner of things, as well as filling in every option such as location, name, age, school etc. Then to top it off their posts are also very revealing.
But all that is needed for a Facebook account is an Email address and password, as does the Caravan Club. An individual can survive quite happily on Facebook without filling in all the additional options, I use messenger more than anything as a live chat to family.
What is annoying is the constant reminders to fill in those empty options about me that I have ignored.
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The only people that complain about Facebook are those that for some reason seem to have a dislike of it. For many it provides a means of sharing family news around the world. I am sure there are other ways which I have not yet cottoned onto! If you have no need of Facebook stay away from it. I don't use my own personal page a lot but at the beginning of September we attending a wedding in London of a couple who are both from South American families so I shared my photos with others and it was good to see people from half way around the world being able to see photos they otherwise wouldn't so Facebook does have its advantages. Facebook also hosts lots of groups attached to our hobby be that dedicated to a particular brand of caravan or motorhome and you get far more information from those groups that you do from a forum like this. All types of electronic communication have risks attached to them you just have to be a bit savvy how you assess those risks.
David
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It's very much a format that lends itself to "this is me shampooing the hamster" pics rather than an information exchange/discussion medium.
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Who's complaiing about FB, David? Certainly not me - I'm completely ambivalent where it's concerned. Like all such forums, used sensibly it can undoubtedly be beneficial, but it's easily misused. As I said, I don't use it and I'm never likely to. That's not the same as complaining.
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"The only people that complain about Facebook are those that for some reason seem to have dislike for it."
That's rather a strange statement, David. How do you know that?
People can be content with something, even like it, but still complain. Caravans spring to mind as an example.
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and the club is another great example, complain, complain, then still go to it's sites
Another non FB user and +1 to M's first post
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As CAMC don't own it, they'd be hard put to censor it, I'd have thought.
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Facebook is useful as DK pointed out for our hobby. We are members of a group who helped us resolve an issue with our mh when in Spain a few years ago. The dealer tried but failed, yet the group were able to take us through it one step at a time. This enabled us to continue our holiday rather than return home. Lots of very helpful/knowledgeable folk on there.
We also use it to chat to family and friends, if set up correctly its a useful tool.
Groups are good as they are generally safe, we are a member of my eldest grandaughter's school group for families. Its great we can see what they have been involved in, see photos and view events planned. Parents etc can arrange car shares for weekends out +lots of other useful info. Wish we had had it when ours were there.
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There are so many security breaches across the internet, we're all at risk somewhere. Much depends on how interlinked we are with other people, which most of us are, even if unintentionally. We're totally dependent on things working safely and sometimes they won't, the internet has never been totally secure.
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I’m afraid that we are way past the point of being able to hide our secrets despite all efforts to the contrary. Although I have a Facebook account, I rarely post on it. And though much of what is posted may be trivial, there’s valuable posts too. Company losses may amount to $billions, but there are many more $billions left. The biggest danger to the public who use internet based systems, is themselves. The woman who supplied her account details to a scammer who pretended to be PayPal, complained about PayPal when she lost money. Account hacking and identity cloning happens in many more systems than Facebook. We all agree that security breaches are very undesirable, but shunning Facebook won’t stop them I’m afraid.
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Except that it does not let one look back for that photograph some time later if one does not remember which of ones "friends" was involved in the original posting. CT is possibly not a lot better in this respect though!
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