[or-roots] Face book security

[DanM.]

Maybe I will just put a blog and wiki on my Oregon website .
Dan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 8:56 AM
Subject: [or-roots] Face book security


> Dan;
>
> I would be very sceptical of any assurances of FB "security," about the 
> only
> thing you can be secure with on FB is knowing they are going to change the
> rules to allow more internet advertisers access to you and your pages on a
> regular basis. I think it is safe enough to view a link to a page there 
> but
> even that I can't guarantee. Fortunately I have enough friends who are 
> truly
> paranoid about their security that keep me on top of the changes and how 
> to
> defeat them. I personally don't worry about it but FB has a nasty habit of
> encouraging you to give access to "all your friends" for things at the 
> drop
> of a hat and many of my friends do NOT appreciate it if I slip up and do 
> so.
>
> Patti and I are contemplating moving LUGS onto FB as an alternate presence
> where we might have virtual gen soc meetings if enough interested folks 
> are
> there, but I haven't gotten around to it.
>
> I wouldn't even be on FB except some dear cousins from the east coast
> invited me and I have a hard time saying no to them. I don't regret it
> because now I feel like I know these three young adults who were 
> repectively
> about four, two and unborn the last time I saw them in person.
>