[lbo-talk] your Facebook is their fortune

WD mister.wd at gmail.com
Wed Feb 4 16:06:04 PST 2009


MySpace and Facebook are already known to be cooperating with gov't officials to track sex offenders on their services (a totally bogus threat, by the way: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/technology/internet/14cyberweb.html).

But I'm sure if you're not using those services to arrange sexual encounters with underage minors, you have nothing to worry about. :-)

Lying to them probably isn't good enough -- maybe we should start arranging fake drug deals on our Facebook friends' walls: "Yeah, I can do 2 for 170 -- Burger King @ 4:30?"

-WD

MySpace Turns Over 90,000 Names of Registered Sex Offenders By JENNA WORTHAM Published: February 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/technology/internet/04myspace.html ... John Cardillo, chief executive of Sentinel Tech Holding, the company that makes the software MySpace uses to find the sex offenders, said that Facebook had become a haven for convicted offenders blocked from creating accounts on MySpace. Mr. Cardillo, who has approached Facebook about using his technology, said he could find 8,000 offenders on Facebook.

Barry Schnitt, a spokesman for Facebook, said that Mr. Cardillo's figures were inflated. He also said the company actively monitors its Web site and users for suspicious activities.

"When you search for people on Facebook, you don't get much information — a name and a thumbnail," Mr. Schnitt said.



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