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Re: What's The World Coming To?

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In article <timstreater-AFC25C.17494715082012@news.individual.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <fmoore-3102FA.12484215082012@news.eternal-september.org>,
>  Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:
> 
> > New Facebook app Facedeals scans your face to offer you deals
> > <http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/14/new-facebook-app-facedeals-sc
> > ans-your-face-to-offer-you-deals/>
> > 
> > Facedeals works like this: a camera is installed in a business, let's 
> > say a shop. The Facedeals camera scans your face when you enter the 
> > shop, checks you in on Facebook and sends your phone a text message 
> > offering you a discount or deal tailored to you, based on your Facebook 
> > 'like' history.
> > 
> > You'll need to install and authorise the app on Facebook first and let 
> > it map your face by scanning through your most recently tagged photos, 
> > but anything for a discount, right?
> > 
> > As more pictures are approved, the app 'learns' what you look like. The 
> > data is then used to identify you every time you enter somewhere with 
> > the Facedeals camera installed.
> 
> What is "Facebook" ?

Trust me, you *DON'T* want to know. :) 

Contrary to what the boob who runs it claims, there are still those of 
us who value that "outdated" thing called "privacy". If I want every 
Tom, Dick, Harry, and their dog, cat, and gerbil to know what I'm doing, 
where I am, what I like, etc, etc, etc, I'll give 'em a call and invite 
them to come watch. Until then, they can keep their noses in their own 
business.

And if that isn't clear enough, I absolutely refuse to have anything 
whatsoever to do with Facebook -  I won't sign up, I won't "like", I 
won't update, I won't even let my computer speak to it, show me anything 
that comes from it, or run scripts it supplies - 
anything-and-everything-I-hear-about.facebook.com gets a hosts file 
entry that points to 127.0.0.1 as soon as convenient once I become aware 
of the linkage. An action that any reasonably intelligent person would 
also perform. (Which doesn't say much for the smarts of the 
way-too-damned-many people who think it's anything more than a way to 
scrape up as much information about you as possible to use in bombarding 
you with more and more ads designed to entice you into paying for 
overpriced crap you don't give a damn about and have no need for.)

-- 
If the door is baroque don't be Hayden. Come around Bach and jiggle the Handel

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What's The World Coming To? Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-08-15 12:48 -0400
  Re: What's The World Coming To? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-08-15 17:49 +0100
    Re: What's The World Coming To? Don Bruder <fake@spamdump.invalid> - 2012-08-15 11:20 -0700
      Re: What's The World Coming To? Salvatore <sal@yojimbo.hack.invalid> - 2012-08-15 18:38 +0000
        Re: What's The World Coming To? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-08-15 14:47 -0400
          Re: What's The World Coming To? Don Bruder <fake@spamdump.invalid> - 2012-08-15 14:12 -0700
      Re: What's The World Coming To? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 22:47 -0400
        Re: What's The World Coming To? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-15 23:54 -0400
          Re: What's The World Coming To? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-16 00:13 -0400
            Re: What's The World Coming To? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-16 04:29 +0000
          Re: What's The World Coming To? Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-16 06:49 +0200
            Re: What's The World Coming To? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-16 13:08 +0000
          Re: What's The World Coming To? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-16 17:55 +0000
            Re: What's The World Coming To? Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-08-16 15:29 -0400
              Re: What's The World Coming To? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-16 13:52 -0700
                Re: What's The World Coming To? gerencia@gruposemtel.com - 2012-08-16 14:36 -0700
                Re: What's The World Coming To? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-16 22:02 +0000
              Re: What's The World Coming To? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-17 05:02 +0000
            Re: What's The World Coming To? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-08-18 00:34 -0400
              Re: What's The World Coming To? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-19 14:23 +0000
              Re: What's The World Coming To? Suze <replytome@thenewsgroup.com> - 2012-08-19 09:37 -0500
                Re: What's The World Coming To? Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-19 10:47 -0400
    Re: What's The World Coming To? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 20:43 +0000
      Re: What's The World Coming To? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-08-15 21:25 -0400
        Re: What's The World Coming To? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-16 03:32 +0000
    Re: What's The World Coming To? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-08-15 21:24 -0400
  Re: What's The World Coming To? Justin <justin@nobecauseihatespam.edu> - 2012-08-17 01:26 -0400
    Re: What's The World Coming To? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-08-18 00:16 -0400

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