Anonymous Employee Reveals Ugly Details of Facebook's Inner Workings

It just goes to show not to trust anyone.Be your own keeper and if u dont want anyone to know dont publish it especially on the internet u retard.lol...

I like Facebook. I don't care. It's brought my family closer together. That's all that counts to me.

Here's a question, If we find out someone from facebook has been on our page, Can we sue????? I can use a few bucks.. And I have no problems suing someone.

Will the stuff I put on FB prevent me from becoming President of the US some day ? ummmmmmm... WAIT.... I was not even born in this country.... guess I am safe to say whatever I want !!!!!

Facebook stinks or (use your own proper or improper word here).

Americans think nothing of giving up their most intimate information that characterizes them to an organization that retains their every posting for future reference. How sick is that?

We all want to be rock stars apparently and while we shake our heads at all the reality show people (or the reality show wannadbees (the baloon boy parents or the White House gate crashers) how are we any different by posting our very personal information out there for the world to so because it fulfills our need to be someone who others see as existing.

Isn't Facebook just like reality lite?

The big question is WHY would facebook retain that info and not just delete it from its files? Why of why? Who is paying for that retention? Isn't Facebook free? The cost of saving this material is enormous - someone must be paying for it. Who is interested in knowing about you forever?

What is their interest?

Yes, your responsible for what you post online on any site, and should be aware that it instantly becomes Public Domain. Yes, E-Bay etc create a file on you, and may sell it to a Third party. But at least with these registered, monitored , high-traffic Sites you do have some re-course if your personal information is used for nefarious purposes. Class-Action lawsuits against Credit Monitoring sites like Trans-union have already been implemented. PayPal has had it's share of legakl problems.
The greater concern is a gang of cyber-thugs somewhere in Russia,for instance, using proxy Servers to bounce their IP all over the world, making them virtually untraceable. These un-scrupulous individuals will steal your Identity and juice your Credit and bank Accounts for every penny before you even know what hit you.
It is very difficult to prosecute these people, not just because they are so good at hiding, but because the proper Laws and regulations regarding ID Theft and Information Abuse don't yet exist, or can't yet be implemented. Especially regarding individuals who reside in other countries, outside the Jurisdiction of the proper Authorities. The weakness of safe-guards and laws that were meant to apply to these matters has recently been exposed, when the CEO of a particular "Identity protection" Company, which i won't name here, was himself victimized. After boasting in a Television commercial that his Company's Service is so secure that he will, and did, announce his Social Security Number during the commercial for all to hear, without any fear or concern of theft, his identity was indeed stolen, used and abused. He made himself a target, and the last thing you want to do is egg on the hackers. They take pride in their 'work,' and see such boasts as a personal affront and challenge. The hacker is always 1 step ahead of the Authority's. That's why, on the rare occasions when these Cyber-criminals are caught, the Authority's make deals with them--essentially offering reduced sentences, or no penalty at all, in exchange for the criminals services. They hire the criminals as Agents to help them catch other Cyber-Criminals, because these often young, noting-to-lose hackers are computer-security breaching geniuses and experts that 'wrote the books' that the official Agents read in order to learn how to combat such attacks.
So yeah, if you post content that re-surfaces somewhere you didn't intend, that's totally on you. that's the nature of the net. But when you take measures to remain anonymous, secure all your data, and prevent information abuse, yet still get caught up in a master-minds Cyber-games through no fault of your own, that is the real tragedy. I suggest everyone familiarize themselves with Proxy Server use, encryption,IP masking and any available service that helps you remain invisible and safe when your online doing legitimate activities.The irony is that the great majority of people that post youtube videos , Social-Network updates and other myriad forms of Online media , in fact want to be 'noticed,' promoted and shared. They are desperate for attention, and willing to do anything to get it. Teen girls make channels on youtube, and then take requests from pedophiles and perverts for their 'shows,' often doing almost anything requested, because they are so desperate for attention. I automatically skip over all of these videos, because personally, nothing annoys me more than some adolescent giggly gaga 'whoo!' girls that think turning a slumber party into a borderline porno vid is a good idea. Most of these are harmless, and so boring and/or meaningless that it makes one question the priorities, desires and ambitions of today's youth , and I have no pity for the people who post now and whine n cry later when they sober up, grow up and smarten up months or years later, only to find that it is indeed too late. Sorry folks, but that's all on you.
So, post only what you don't mind the entire world seeing, use Sites like E-Bay and FaceBook at your own risk, and protect yourself with Proxy Servers, Encryption and IP Masking to the best of your ability,hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
The truly wise individuals use Social-Networking, Photo and Video Sites primarily to promote their Business, Company, Band or Service. it's a great way to Advertise, Market and Promote, and thus boost your profit margin.

Remember that old adage, you either use the Internet, or the Internet uses you.

I guess my real question is this - After learning about what Facebook is doing to TRACK YOU - What does it say about us that we continue to put ourselves out there.

Participating in electronic tracking programs - where we actually fill out the data ourselves - really shows how we have certain beliefs about our rights to privacy but where we may be opening our diaries or lives to those that have little interest in providing a spot for us to communicate to our personally designated community - but info about each of us is being retained for some value to someone.

I think this is scary and is about our own participation in big brotherism.

Maybe I'm over reaching ----- but again - why would anyone want this information retained and did you agree to that?

Please someone answer that question if you can.

Personally, I steer clear of sites like Facebook and Twitter. If I wanted the world to know all about me, I would write a freaking book. And for those that do, I won't knock you, but I will warn that every move you make is watched when on line. Be prepared to have the world know so much about you they could tell what your farts smell like. Yes, it all gets THAT personal. Hell, I even avoid using my real name when blogging like this because I don't want anyone following my every move. It's not that I have anything to hide. My personal life is just personal, and that is all there is to it. Anyway, I've rambled enough here. Just be wary folks. Sites like Facebook and Twitter could quickly become your biggest nightmare...

Bunch of stinkin low lifes. Can't trust anyone in this sick society. Now Harry Reid tells me that we elected a "light skinned black" affirmative action president. Where does the deception end. We're living in a corrupt Democrat dictatorship.

Hate to burst your bubble dear author of this article but EVERY website you go on does this! EVERY website.

Im done, going back to myspace, who wants to join me?

The government has access to everything you do on computer and cell phones and landline phones as well.The NSA has sattelites that are dedicated to this and only this,they also have certain super computers that scan everything that anyone does that has any type of phone and or computer.If it see's something thats not right it will red flag it and then they look into in further to make sure it's not any type of a threat or breach of security

I think the facebook employee has a grudge..and the writer of the article fell for it. Anyone using any type of technology is open to everyone knowing your business. You think you're deleting a text message? Think again, every text message is stored on your carrier's server's for up to 6 months or more. Everytime you update your computer, you're giving information stored on your computer to the particular company especially Microsoft and Google.

Every electronic transaction from using your debit card to get gas, to using your checking account to pay a bill..this is nothing new...

i cant imagine any justification for storing chat sessions

no trust......