Facebook Demanding Identification

Rajni

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Has anyone recently attempted to log into Facebook
only to have it insist on you uploading personally-
identifying documentation in order to confirm your
identity before you can continue to use it?
Update: Upon doing further research, the answer would be a most definite 'yes'.
For the time being, I'm done with Facebook; they're either naive with their 'real
name policy', or they themselves are one of the reasons you most definitely do
not want to use your real name online.


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They want all your real info, because there's a buttload of money to be made in selling it to third parties. Of course they'll say "Yeah, we're so not going to sell your information," and then turn around and do it anyway.

This is why my "social media" consists of the telephone, the message board, and the pen. :3
 
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I suspect that what brought on my profile’s sudden
closure was that I got reported for something I had
said on a Facebook page. The timing of it all points
in that direction, coupled with a few people having
mentioned that Facebook doesn’t generally do
random audits of profiles but instead focuses on
profiles that have been reported by other users.

So I’m starting over again with a new profile, and any
comments I make on Facebook pages will be done
through a separate Facebook page of my own (bearing
the same name as my profile), rather than directly
from my profile. This way, if anything gets reported or
closed, it’ll be the page and not my actual profile.

At least, that's my hope! :D


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Far from naive.

... The recent announcement that Facebook would soon target ads using your “likes” and “shares” has triggered some Olympic-level teeth- gnashing from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, because Facebook will get information from you not just when you actually like, “like” something, but when you load a page that has a “like” button on it.

The EFF wants Facebook to agree to use a “Do Not Track” standard that will keep all that potentially profitable data from the greedy eyes of advertisers.

Of course people should be able to hide data about what sites they use. But there’s a perfectly good way to do this: Stay signed out of Facebook and tell your browser not to accept cookies or otherwise let advertisers follow you around.

The problem is, this level of security is incredibly inconvenient, because you have to spend a lot of time painfully re-entering data. The other problem is that naive users, who probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about privacy, won’t bother...
[FONT=droid sans fallback, verdana]There are other ways, such as browser extensions that kill global social media links like FB's Like button. [/FONT]
 
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Far from naive.

... The recent announcement that Facebook would soon target ads using your “likes” and “shares” has triggered some Olympic-level teeth- gnashing from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, because Facebook will get information from you not just when you actually like, “like” something, but when you load a page that has a “like” button on it.

The EFF wants Facebook to agree to use a “Do Not Track” standard that will keep all that potentially profitable data from the greedy eyes of advertisers.

Of course people should be able to hide data about what sites they use. But there’s a perfectly good way to do this: Stay signed out of Facebook and tell your browser not to accept cookies or otherwise let advertisers follow you around.

The problem is, this level of security is incredibly inconvenient, because you have to spend a lot of time painfully re-entering data. The other problem is that naive users, who probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about privacy, won’t bother...
[FONT=droid sans fallback, verdana]There are other ways, such as browser extensions that kill global social media links like FB's Like button. [/FONT]

Don't'cha just love Facebook?
 
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Not really. ;)

I actually liked it when I used it to follow thought leaders like chuck colson and joe prince. But I don't like the conversational dynamics. I don't need to know every passing thought my nephew's wife might have, replete with photodocumentation. Then add the invasion of privacy, the ridiculously bad interface, and what a schmuck zuckerberg is, and it's a major FAIL.
 
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FB is a highly manipulative organisation. I only have fake info about myself on it and the only reason I maintain a profile is to anchor myself with the 99% of friends I just would not have contact with without it. I hope it goes the same way as other social media sites and somebody writes a publicly owned platform that is not a data capture device.
 
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I have a coworker that used their PW to log on to FB recently. FB claimed it was in error and locked him out of his page. Then he got an email from FB saying he'd have to show personal ID in order to get back in. It gave a list of 'acceptable' forms of ID. He's also done with FB since he won't be sending copies of his utility bills, state driver license, or ID, etc... which FB asked for as positive acceptable forms of ID.
I wonder how many naive people consent and do this?
 
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That's the trap, people put too much information onto Facebook and other social media that is too easy to access.
Technology as a lot to answer for.
First and foremost, naive people who don't exercise common sense when using technology have a lot to answer for.
Like they say, you can ask but it doesn't mean I have to comply.
 
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I have a coworker that used their PW to log on to FB recently. FB claimed it was in error and locked him out of his page. Then he got an email from FB saying he'd have to show personal ID in order to get back in. It gave a list of 'acceptable' forms of ID. He's also done with FB since he won't be sending copies of his utility bills, state driver license, or ID, etc... which FB asked for as positive acceptable forms of ID.
I wonder how many naive people consent and do this?

Yeah, when FB asked for my personal ID, I refused.
I simply created a new profile and started over.

Although, this time, rather than upload any pics
directly to FB, I'm hosting them elsewhere and then
just posting the link to them on FB. I don't want FB holding
my photos hostage if I get locked out again.

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