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 who builds high-traffic websites (like AOL Shopping and Mahalo.com) and develops browser add-ons (like ScribeFire, TwitterBar, FireFound, and Tapsure) to enhance the Web. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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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