Comments on: Privacy plugin keeps Facebook from reading your updates http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1349965 Guest Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1349965 Does this plug in play nice with the one that keeps your tinfoil hat securely on your head? Does this plug in play nice with the one that keeps your tinfoil hat securely on your head?

]]> By: Ant OSullivan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1349370 Ant OSullivan Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1349370 so its like PGP for facebook? so its like PGP for facebook?

]]> By: Martain Chandler http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348758 Martain Chandler Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348758 "When Facebook rolled out the new Groups format last Fall, they did away with the threaded discussion forum, instead making discussions take place within the standard Wall format.  Threaded dsicussion forums are super useful for managing classroom discussions by topic; Wall discussions are a big chaotic" http://colleenscommentary.net/2011/07/06/what-facebook-needs-to-fix-in-groups-to-make-them-more-useful-for-educators/ Technically Wall posts are threaded, yes. “When Facebook rolled out the new Groups format last Fall, they did away with the threaded discussion forum, instead making discussions take place within the standard Wall format.  Threaded dsicussion forums are super useful for managing classroom discussions by topic; Wall discussions are a big chaotic”

http://colleenscommentary.net/2011/07/06/what-facebook-needs-to-fix-in-groups-to-make-them-more-useful-for-educators/

Technically Wall posts are threaded, yes.

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348403 Daemonworks Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348403 Every group I'm in is threaded... Every group I’m in is threaded…

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348400 Daemonworks Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348400 Interesting technical achievement. Would also do a good job of keeping your friends from reading your messages, as most of them aren't going to bother to switch to chrome and/or install a plugin just to read your posts. Interesting technical achievement. Would also do a good job of keeping your friends from reading your messages, as most of them aren’t going to bother to switch to chrome and/or install a plugin just to read your posts.

]]> By: ialreadyexist http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348395 ialreadyexist Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348395 People still use Facebook, huh?  Amazing.... People still use Facebook, huh?  Amazing….

]]> By: akbar56 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348384 akbar56 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348384 I've never understood why so many sites are against threaded discussions. I’ve never understood why so many sites are against threaded discussions.

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348364 Finnagain Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348364  When the cat mothership comes back, all the cat-doubters and dog people will be sorry.  When the cat mothership comes back, all the cat-doubters and dog people will be sorry.

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348363 Finnagain Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348363  How about a plugin that destroys facebook? I'd pay for one of those. It's malware, people.  How about a plugin that destroys facebook? I’d pay for one of those. It’s malware, people.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348349 Donald Petersen Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348349 There should be entire Facebook accounts, legions of them, that generate this stuff.  I love the idea of Facebook being populated by bots that resemble in every way detectable through online means real people. For all I know that's what it is anyway.  I just wish real flesh & blood people wouldn't do it quite so much.  But what the hell; that's their business. There should be entire Facebook accounts, legions of them, that generate this stuff.  I love the idea of Facebook being populated by bots that resemble in every way detectable through online means real people.

For all I know that’s what it is anyway.  I just wish real flesh & blood people wouldn’t do it quite so much.  But what the hell; that’s their business.

]]> By: dolo54 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348338 dolo54 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348338 I doubt anything gets sent to Google. Probably works with a password key that you would give out to your friends beforehand. Then anything you type would be encrypted with that password and decrypted by your friends' plugin. Now that I think about it, it might not be too hard to create a bookmarklet to do this anywhere there is a comment or chat feature. I doubt anything gets sent to Google. Probably works with a password key that you would give out to your friends beforehand. Then anything you type would be encrypted with that password and decrypted by your friends’ plugin. Now that I think about it, it might not be too hard to create a bookmarklet to do this anywhere there is a comment or chat feature.

]]> By: Martain Chandler http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348334 Martain Chandler Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348334 Facebook stopped allowing Groups to use the threaded discussion widget last year which pretty much reduced Groups to a semi-savage state of oral tradition. Facebook stopped allowing Groups to use the threaded discussion widget last year which pretty much reduced Groups to a semi-savage state of oral tradition.

]]> By: The Life Of Bryan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348331 The Life Of Bryan Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348331 I believe YouTube is already using this on their comment threads. I believe YouTube is already using this on their comment threads.

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348330 Anon_Mahna Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348330  they're all codded messages for the Feline World Dominion group, the true puppeteers of the world.  They play with governments as a kitten plays with a ball of yarn, delighting in it's unraveling...   they’re all codded messages for the Feline World Dominion group, the true puppeteers of the world.  They play with governments as a kitten plays with a ball of yarn, delighting in it’s unraveling… 

]]> By: Gerard Pierce http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348329 Gerard Pierce Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348329  How about an additional plugin that generates quasi-random messages that appear to be encrypted, but actually have no content at all. These could be sent to congress-critters, Senators and various annoying right-wingers. Call it job security for the security-theater guys. And the more time they spend trying to decrypt this stuff, the less time they have to dream up any new idiocy.  How about an additional plugin that generates quasi-random messages that appear to be encrypted, but actually have no content at all.

These could be sent to congress-critters, Senators and various annoying right-wingers. Call it job security for the security-theater guys.

And the more time they spend trying to decrypt this stuff, the less time they have to dream up any new idiocy.

]]> By: Joe Buck http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348314 Joe Buck Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348314 And maybe this is going on now!  What are those LOLcats <i>really</i> saying?   And maybe this is going on now!  What are those LOLcats really saying?
 

]]> By: Joe Buck http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348313 Joe Buck Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348313 Activists should be cautious about relying on this kind of thing, because even though the messages can't be read by the bad guys, the authorities can and will notice that people are communicating using encrypted messages and do traffic analysis to find the "conspiracy".  A better approach might be a Chrome extension that does steganography.  People's Facebook pages might appear to be full of pictures of pets or children or something equally harmless, but people with the right plugin and password would see the messages, which might include links to the pages of other users to get the followups. Activists should be cautious about relying on this kind of thing, because even though the messages can’t be read by the bad guys, the authorities can and will notice that people are communicating using encrypted messages and do traffic analysis to find the “conspiracy”.  A better approach might be a Chrome extension that does steganography.  People’s Facebook pages might appear to be full of pictures of pets or children or something equally harmless, but people with the right plugin and password would see the messages, which might include links to the pages of other users to get the followups.

]]> By: The Life Of Bryan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/16/privacy-plugin-keeps-facebook.html#comment-1348303 The Life Of Bryan Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144401#comment-1348303 So we keep information off of Facebook’s servers by giving it to Google? Wow, the future is a crazy place. So we keep information off of Facebook’s servers by giving it to Google?

Wow, the future is a crazy place.

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