So you want a reason not to use Facebook?

[Vista]

Other than the obvious banalities of your wife's aunt's cousin's neighbour's friend's toilet habits of course!

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you the fact that Big Brother is even watching you there! Be careful what you say and do online folks, you never know who's listening and when it might come back to bite you on the backside!

 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/government-seeks-Retards Club-user-data-154047041.html#oPRJmG3

[jimbo]

I'm no fan of FB - I left over a year ago.....

 

Nothing new there. The Data Protection Act (1998) makes provision for Data Controllers to disclose personal data to authorities for the prevention and detection of crime. However, investigating authorities have to apply each time stating the nature of  the crime being investigated, being very specific about what they are after and also being able to demonstrate why not disclosing the data would significantly harm their investigation.

 

What's more worrying is the US Patriot Act, which compels any organisation with a headquarters or datacentre in US territory to grant unrestricted access to the data they hold.

 

Land of the free eh? 

[mexicansteve]

I'm not paranoid, all my fears are real...