Moglen: Facebook Is a Man-In-The-Middle Attack 376
jfruh writes "In an email exchange with privacy blogger Dan Tynan, Columbia law professor Eben Moglen referred to Facebook as a 'man in the middle attack' — that is, a service that intercepts communication between two parties and uses it for its own nefarious purposes. He said, 'The point is that by sharing with our actual friends through a web intermediary who can store and mine everything, we harm people by destroying their privacy for them. It's not the sharing that's bad, it's the technological design of giving it all to someone in the middle. That is at once outstandingly stupid and overwhelmingly dangerous.' Tynan is a critic of Facebook, but he thinks Moglen is overstating the case."
I enjoyed reading your post (Score:5, Funny)
where is your like button?
Re:Yes they can see it (Score:2, Funny)
ISP's do often record that information. They don't resell it. Which is precisely how Facebook works. They collect your information. They use it to decide if they should show you ads from other parties.
They don't resell the information, for two reasons. First, that's how they make money. Second, if they violated this little social contract they have with their users, they'd be opening up a gaping hole for a competitor.
People are pretty lenient, but they wouldn't tolerate Facebook selling their personal info. They'd jump ship.
Re:So is every ISP (Score:3, Funny)
Agree. 100%
I'm Starting With The Man-In-The-Middle
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer...
Re:So is every ISP (Score:4, Funny)
Sigh, people who start their comments with "sigh" are bordering on the ridiculous.
Especially when they are ACs.