tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post5257476855258171781..comments2024-03-07T23:20:49.790-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Facebook and Ancestry.com -- an interesting combinationJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-54339405556494773762013-12-31T23:36:44.578-07:002013-12-31T23:36:44.578-07:00JOKE doing the rounds in Oz at the moment - "...JOKE doing the rounds in Oz at the moment - "Did you know that YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are amalgamating? New service will be called - YouTwitFace" ...KarenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411370774679053550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-40981509253683258122013-12-30T17:29:31.279-07:002013-12-30T17:29:31.279-07:00I agree. I don't think most people are aware o...I agree. I don't think most people are aware of the extent of the information being accumulated on nearly everyone online. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-63862606555137467802013-12-30T08:38:19.420-07:002013-12-30T08:38:19.420-07:00I won't be doing that, either, but probably fo...I won't be doing that, either, but probably for different reasons. First, I have been quite reluctant to share more than minimum information with Facebook. I have almost no relationships, no contact data, no location, job or school data, etc. I have a limited number of Friends (~200) unlike some who Friend everyone they meet. Second, there are a significant number of my family members that are not Facebook Friends. Third, I try to limit the interconnections between social networks. And I'm treating Ancestry as a social network that happens to have some genealogy tools included.<br /><br />I admit to being somewhat curious as to what links Ancestry might find given the conditions stated above, but not enough to actually do this.<br /><br />In regards to the privacy issue, I'm starting to come around to the idea that Privacy as we knew it is gone forever, and that anything we do to reduce the ability of government or private surveillance will merely drive it further underground where it will be harder to find, and harder to find out what they are doing with the collected data. The best we'll be able to do is enact laws making those collection activities transparent so we can see what they do. So we can 'watch the watchers', so to speak.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407854481964964535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-13154853435187882712013-12-30T06:48:23.363-07:002013-12-30T06:48:23.363-07:00Thank you James, I will be sure not to do that.Thank you James, I will be sure not to do that.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.com