The danger of social markers made public (more on the Social Graph API) - Boka... - The Diigo Meta page

• 20 Mar 08
  

  marshallrww

  api google_social_graph social_graph toread

• 29 Feb 08
  

  Jackie

  aaa api google privacy socialgraph

  • The counter-argument is that all this data is available anyway, and that by making it more visible, we raise people’s awareness and ultimately their behavior.
  • If you choose to make it public, you can choose to mark up your information as XFN (or other supported formats) or not.
  • If you do choose to mark it up, then you reap the benefits of the API and services that are built upon it.
  • If you don’t mark it up, then the relationship is public but you keep some “security by obscurity” and your content is seen only in context.
  • simply publishing this API doesn’t mean that it forces publishers to use the formats without offering some level of control to their users, in fact publishers should give lots of controls around this.

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• 15 Feb 08
  

  Gautham

  An example of what Thomas describes might be that someone contacts you and pretends to know all the same people you know, and thereby gains your confidence and uses it for evil purposes.

  social-networking social-graph privacy delicious-import

• 05 Feb 08
  

  Ratcatcher

  the comments are very interesting as well

  google social graph privacy in:bokardo via:PeteJ

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  Martin M

  ethics socialgraph

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