We spend a lot of time debating what to post on Facebook. We type out a message, then we rewrite it. Sometimes we erase it all together. But the code that powers Facebook has been recording everything we type on screen, even if we dont hit publish — and it wants to know why we arent sharing. Turns out, Facebook has been monitoring, tracking and interpreting our unposted notes, comments and statuses this entire time, using even what we dont say as metadata to pass on to spy agencies like the NSA or advertisers from Groupon to Mastercard. Choosing not to share is supposed to be what little still protects us from governments and corporations that can hack our emails, bug our phones and turn on our webcams without our knowledge. Please, join us in demanding Facebook stop logging and storing this data, and start protecting our right not to publish! PETITION TO FACEBOOK: Respect our right to remain private, and stop storing information about what we type in drafts for Facebook comments, notes and statuses to share with spies and sellers. Click here to sign -- it just takes a second. act.watchdog.net/petitions/4119?n=63862363.Q6gpNa
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:40:15 +0000
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