Comments on: Spokeo and FriendFeed http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2008/08/08/spokeo-and-friendfeed/ A geek chronicle Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Balaji http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2008/08/08/spokeo-and-friendfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Balaji Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:03:16 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/?p=232#comment-469 Hi J Smith, Though Spokeo can feel quite intrusive, the truth is it's not in violation of any privacy law. The only thing that Spokeo does is to provide a single window into all the public data that your friend has published on various sites (knowingly or unknowingly). All of this information is equally accessible to any one who has the time to visit each site and scrape the information from there. If you signed up for a service and accepted the EULA, then by default you can't complain when your data winds up on Spokeo. Hi J Smith,

Though Spokeo can feel quite intrusive, the truth is it’s not in violation of any privacy law.

The only thing that Spokeo does is to provide a single window into all the public data that your friend has published on various sites (knowingly or unknowingly). All of this information is equally accessible to any one who has the time to visit each site and scrape the information from there. If you signed up for a service and accepted the EULA, then by default you can’t complain when your data winds up on Spokeo.

]]> By: J Smith http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2008/08/08/spokeo-and-friendfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-468 J Smith Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:40:25 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/?p=232#comment-468 A friend checked her name and even email contacts came up. This is not right! You should be able to opt-out without opting out of every site you choose to sign up for. Spokeo should not be including anyone. People can join IF THEY CHOOSE, not have a spysite track our every move. Where the hell are our friggin' rights???? SPOKEO IS AN INVASION OF PRIVACY! A friend checked her name and even email contacts came up. This is not right! You should be able to opt-out without opting out of every site you choose to sign up for. Spokeo should not be including anyone. People can join IF THEY CHOOSE, not have a spysite track our every move. Where the hell are our friggin’ rights???? SPOKEO IS AN INVASION OF PRIVACY!

]]> By: Balaji http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2008/08/08/spokeo-and-friendfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Balaji Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:56:40 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/?p=232#comment-352 Whoa - I can't believe I missed that option! Thanks for pointing it out - looking forward to a waaay less cluttered Friendfeed page :) Whoa – I can’t believe I missed that option! Thanks for pointing it out – looking forward to a waaay less cluttered Friendfeed page :)

]]> By: Divya http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2008/08/08/spokeo-and-friendfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Divya Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:07:22 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/?p=232#comment-351 You can click on "mute" or smthing similar on items that from friends that you dont wish to see. You can click on “mute” or smthing similar on items that from friends that you dont wish to see.

]]> By: Balaji http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2008/08/08/spokeo-and-friendfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Balaji Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:10:01 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/?p=232#comment-350 Divya - Spokeo is a bit troubling in that it isn't even about opting out of Spokeo, you have to opt-out of every service you use to avoid getting Spokeo. And stuff <a href="http://www.spokeo.com/hr" rel="nofollow">like this</a> really isn't helping IMO. I have looked at Imaginary Friends in Friendfeed but that whole process is a bit to manual to be viable. Right now I use Spokeo as a way to track what folks do on services I don't really use like Picasa and MySpace. If they are on services I use as well, I delete that. Not really something I can do in Friendfeed. Divya – Spokeo is a bit troubling in that it isn’t even about opting out of Spokeo, you have to opt-out of every service you use to avoid getting Spokeo. And stuff like this really isn’t helping IMO.

I have looked at Imaginary Friends in Friendfeed but that whole process is a bit to manual to be viable. Right now I use Spokeo as a way to track what folks do on services I don’t really use like Picasa and MySpace. If they are on services I use as well, I delete that. Not really something I can do in Friendfeed.

]]> By: Divya http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/2008/08/08/spokeo-and-friendfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Divya Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:22:26 +0000 http://blog.balaji-dutt.name/?p=232#comment-348 That is quite interesting. But I am less tempted to try any opt-out service. I would rather trust the opt-in service! Plus you can always add imaginary friends for those you want to follow but are not on friendfeed. That is quite interesting. But I am less tempted to try any opt-out service. I would rather trust the opt-in service! Plus you can always add imaginary friends for those you want to follow but are not on friendfeed.

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