Monday, May 31, 2010

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Privacy Security: The protest against Facebook just reached 0.008% of users

According to a diary Clarín.com, only 32,000 of the 400 million users are joining the protest today against the network. One group had called to resign by frequent failures that the service is in its privacy policy.

And the day came just. The of the great protest against the network's most successful time. Last week, after a series of security lapses of the platform, a group of users decided to strong protest and called for massive deleted. March 31 would be not only Memorial Day (holiday in the U.S.) but also the "Quit Facebook Day" (the day to leave the network).

In the middle, and with so many protests, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recognized had made many mistakes, and announced changes to the site's privacy options and other "simple and easy to use."

Surely this confession and no changes have weighed heavily. But the truth is that today's protest failed . As contained in the protest site only 32,000 people are plegarndo the protest, which represents a 0.008% of 400 million that Facebook users claims to have in the world.

"Facebook gives options on how to manage your data, but they are just options. The responsibility for management of these options is on Facebook individual and difficult to understand or manage . We also think that Facebook does not have much respect for Data of people, especially thinking about the future, "said the driver of the measure, on the site they put together especially for today.

later recommended as an alternative to Facebook, a combination of services such as email, Flickr and Twitter and social networks considered safer as Akoha or Ning.

also advise the new network Diaspora, which is being created. It will be a decentralized network where users' computers can connect directly with each other, without any intermediary server. This open network appears, these days, as the most serious alternative to Facebook.

Source: http://www.clarin.com/internet/redes_sociales/Fracasa-protesta-Facebook-borra-usuarios_0_271773030.html

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