Comments on: Facebook hires key defender of Bush's attack on American civil liberties http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 09:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cicada http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297744 Cicada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297744 Try to separate the person from the job here-- he's a lawyer and it was a gig. Now he's on to a new gig where he'll presumably also do whatever his employers require. Just like anyone else in that position would, unless you assume he carries a personal malevolence that'll override his actual job duties. Try to separate the person from the job here– he’s a lawyer and it was a gig. Now he’s on to a new gig where he’ll presumably also do whatever his employers require. Just like anyone else in that position would, unless you assume he carries a personal malevolence that’ll override his actual job duties.

]]> By: jesushootscores http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297491 jesushootscores Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297491 How can we help them to FAIL? How can we help them to FAIL?

]]> By: Ryan Waddell http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297774 Ryan Waddell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297774 I'm not sure of the significance of this. Can somebody tell me why this makes a lick of difference to your average Facebook user? I’m not sure of the significance of this. Can somebody tell me why this makes a lick of difference to your average Facebook user?

]]> By: Bonnie http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297524 Bonnie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297524 Is this so they can deal with all of us haters who can't stand the new Facebook design? Is this so they can deal with all of us haters who can’t stand the new Facebook design?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-352100 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-352100 News to facebook members. You can deactivate your account, but not truly cancel it. Facebook keeps all data unless you manually erase it before closing the door and leaving. All previous communications, such as email, etc., are still kept by Facebook. News to facebook members. You can deactivate your account, but not truly cancel it. Facebook keeps all data unless you manually erase it before closing the door and leaving. All previous communications, such as email, etc., are still kept by Facebook.

]]> By: Secret_Life_of_Plants http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297574 Secret_Life_of_Plants Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297574 Ever since Beacon I use Safari for Facebook and Firefox for everything else. Safari isn't worth much anyway (IMO) so I am not tempted to open another tab there and provide faceless corporations with insights into my personal browsing style. I am not sure, but I think this 2-browser system means that everything I do cannot be tracked by Beacon, but god knows I could be wrong. Why does everything have to suck? Why is it a constant struggle just to remain a little bit <i>free</i>? Ever since Beacon I use Safari for Facebook and Firefox for everything else. Safari isn’t worth much anyway (IMO) so I am not tempted to open another tab there and provide faceless corporations with insights into my personal browsing style.

I am not sure, but I think this 2-browser system means that everything I do cannot be tracked by Beacon, but god knows I could be wrong.

Why does everything have to suck? Why is it a constant struggle just to remain a little bit free?

]]> By: jonathan_v http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297591 jonathan_v Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297591 maybe this is being done to make them look like a better acquisition to yahoo -- which had that whole mess about giving up a chinese blogger to be tortured. now they have one of the guys responsible for legitimizing torture in the us. i bet now would be a great time to toss "fugitive nazi war criminal" on your resume if you're trying to work at facebook or google - they can start a bidding war for you over the number of people you've tortured. maybe this is being done to make them look like a better acquisition to yahoo — which had that whole mess about giving up a chinese blogger to be tortured. now they have one of the guys responsible for legitimizing torture in the us.

i bet now would be a great time to toss “fugitive nazi war criminal” on your resume if you’re trying to work at facebook or google – they can start a bidding war for you over the number of people you’ve tortured.

]]> By: Baldhead http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297856 Baldhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297856 Clear evidence of how, after you climb high enough, nobody cares about what you did at your previous jobs- only who you worked for. "Oh you helped bury Enron? that's oK! Junior VP sound good? 8 weeks vacation!" Clear evidence of how, after you climb high enough, nobody cares about what you did at your previous jobs- only who you worked for. “Oh you helped bury Enron? that’s oK! Junior VP sound good? 8 weeks vacation!”

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297614 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297614 I canceled my myspace ages ago after FOX News Corp bought it. I was thinking of using Facebook... now I guess that's out. Is Friendster evil? I canceled my myspace ages ago after FOX News Corp bought it. I was thinking of using Facebook… now I guess that’s out.

Is Friendster evil?

]]> By: Thalia http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297619 Thalia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297619 There are a number of groups against Ullyot. If you're on Facebook, do join: "Demand that Facebook General Counsel Ullyot Resign" There are a number of groups against Ullyot. If you’re on Facebook, do join:

“Demand that Facebook General Counsel Ullyot Resign”

]]> By: MrSquirrel http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297635 MrSquirrel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297635 That does it... I'm canceling my Facebook account right now, and going back to talking to my cats when I need attention. That does it… I’m canceling my Facebook account right now, and going back to talking to my cats when I need attention.

]]> By: voodoolock http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-298660 voodoolock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-298660 there's yet another facebook group: Tell Facebook to fire former Alberto Gonzales Chief of Staff http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41433061004 Join them all, or maybe we can merge them. there’s yet another facebook group:

Tell Facebook to fire former Alberto Gonzales Chief of Staff

http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41433061004

Join them all, or maybe we can merge them.

]]> By: Marcel http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297658 Marcel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297658 And from here on end, we will now refer to Facebook as Mugshots. And from here on end, we will now refer to Facebook as Mugshots.

]]> By: boyhowdy http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297406 boyhowdy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297406 Gee, there's an auspicious bio. Bummer...and I was really enjoying Scramble, too. Gee, there’s an auspicious bio. Bummer…and I was really enjoying Scramble, too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297408 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297408 In true Facebook fashion, there is now a group called "No Alberto Gonzales, No Ted Ullyot as General Counsel". I wonder if its founders are on the no-fly list yet. (do they still hate us for our freedom?) In true Facebook fashion, there is now a group called “No Alberto Gonzales, No Ted Ullyot as General Counsel”.

I wonder if its founders are on the no-fly list yet.

(do they still hate us for our freedom?)

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297417 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297417 #1: You are probably correct... in a parallel reality. #1: You are probably correct… in a parallel reality.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297680 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297680 This is the same Facebook, mind you, which was funded as a startup with help from an investor who had direct business ties to a CIA-run venture-capital firm. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook This is the same Facebook, mind you, which was funded as a startup with help from an investor who had direct business ties to a CIA-run venture-capital firm. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook

]]> By: certron http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297427 certron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297427 Next thing you know, they'll release a legal brief stating that MySpace isn't torture and Friendster is just an enhanced social network site. Next thing you know, they’ll release a legal brief stating that MySpace isn’t torture and Friendster is just an enhanced social network site.

]]> By: EtaWat http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297707 EtaWat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297707 And yet another reason for why I'm never joining facebook. And yet another reason for why I’m never joining facebook.

]]> By: sazzamook http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/facebook-hires-key-d.html#comment-297712 sazzamook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297712 I joined the Facebook group, but I still have a Facebook page :/ I joined the Facebook group, but I still have a Facebook page :/

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