Comments on: Proposal for (legally) acquiring data from Facebook http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/ Christopher Finke is a software engineer at Mahalo. He is available for birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:25:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Take your Facebook data with you :: Now I Have a Blog Too http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/#comment-41044 Take your Facebook data with you :: Now I Have a Blog Too Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:56:30 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/#comment-41044 [...] today, I mentioned that it wouldn’t be out of the question to write a Firefox extension that would grab profile [...] [...] today, I mentioned that it wouldn’t be out of the question to write a Firefox extension that would grab profile [...]

]]> By: Nihir http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/#comment-41027 Nihir Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:21:26 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/#comment-41027 I agree with Christopher about that. You can choose how much information you put on your profile (publicly available to all those you allow to see it), therefore you shouldn't have any objection to someone accessing it. If you do, remove it. I agree with Christopher about that. You can choose how much information you put on your profile (publicly available to all those you allow to see it), therefore you shouldn't have any objection to someone accessing it.

If you do, remove it.

]]> By: Christopher Finke http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/#comment-41025 Christopher Finke Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:08:22 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/#comment-41025 I think by allowing someone to "friend" you, you implicitly allow them to do whatever they want with the data in your profile that you have explicitly allowed your friends to see. I think by allowing someone to "friend" you, you implicitly allow them to do whatever they want with the data in your profile that you have explicitly allowed your friends to see.

]]> By: Victor Agreda Jr http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/#comment-41024 Victor Agreda Jr Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:05:18 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/01/03/proposal-for-legally-acquiring-data-from-facebook/#comment-41024 From the Dept. of Splitting Hairs... I mean really. I completely understand why FB has that clause, however. Remember that little js trick the kid on Myspace used to exponentially increase his friend count? One question: what if I don't want Scoble to scrape my info and take it elsewhere? I didn't necessarily give him the right to port my contact info to another service, did I? There's no end in sight for this rabbit hole... From the Dept. of Splitting Hairs... I mean really. I completely understand why FB has that clause, however. Remember that little js trick the kid on Myspace used to exponentially increase his friend count?

One question: what if I don't want Scoble to scrape my info and take it elsewhere? I didn't necessarily give him the right to port my contact info to another service, did I?

There's no end in sight for this rabbit hole...

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