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Sunday Open Thread | 49 comments (49 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

The previous inviter is only known to In Wales, of ET members.

As MillMan explains, they can get permission to fish if signers-up don't realize what they're allowing.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 03:52:05 PM EST
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I think they work on taking all the people you know, then comparing the people who are friends of more than one of them, and sending back invites for those people. Im sure its mostly done without rifling through your email accounts.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:28:39 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0)

They do that, too.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:35:57 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 1)

That takes us back to the top-level query: how do they know who I know? I'm not on Facebook.

But the answer seems clear: a member can run a feature designed to find people they know on FB, using their email address book (for a web-based account). They probably don't realize (maybe are not clearly informed) that FB will store the addresses retrieved in a dbase.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:36:46 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0)

Yes, I get invites sent to my work address, "blah de blah has invited you to join this shitty website" - not just for facebook but for other stuff like dating websites and other social networking things I've not heard of.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:41:38 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0)

That results from an invitation, though.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:44:51 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 1)

Well there is the worry that the more authoritarian organisations will be able to use these social networking software pieces to aggregate left wing groups, environmental groups, etc. As a strategy to avoid this it might be a good approach if you are a member of these sites to add some random people as chaff to their understanding.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:49:05 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

In the US it's a given that various entities are data mining the internet. At last report the number of false positives are giving them fits. Some recent "information received" indicates they may be, in some manner, becoming more efficient. They could have done this using non-standard, but known, computer information processing and decision making procedures without a leap in Information Processing Theory.

So ...

If you are reading this the probability of your internetting becoming part of a file is ever so-slightly increased by talking to US citizens.

by ATinNM on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 05:01:40 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

They can run a search using your information against all the data they have in their database. Then build a chain of valid inferences using ISA comparison operations to get the indirect connections.

Straight forward Set Theory, in other words.

by ATinNM on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:52:02 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0)

I never let facebook go through my address books, or any application for that matter. Lots of addresses are people I don't want to send some random silly invite to, and for anyone else I'd search to see if they already had an account and if they didn't I'd leave them alone!!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:35:34 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 1)

You're not on the list.

You don't know me.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:37:22 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0)

Don't speak to me.

STRANGER DANGER!!!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:38:59 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 1)

You don't want to be on facebook.

You don't know anyone.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:39:09 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 1)

I'm not on Facebook.

I am no one.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 04:43:13 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (4.00 / 4)

My god! I was 100% fooled. The Turing Test has been passed!

:-)

by ATinNM on Sun Mar 7th, 2010 at 05:04:03 PM EST
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Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 1)

Whereas at least one poster here im not sure about ;)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Mar 8th, 2010 at 07:04:44 AM EST
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