Thread: Instagram's new terms of service - your photographs and more (Instagram is owned by Facebook)

There is a very useful little Android app called something like "scrubber" (yes I know) that erases your Facebook tracks entirely. It is not enough to delete the contents of your own timeline, you also want to get rid of your fingerprints on other peoples. Anyone who has ever befriended you or liked what you have said or reposted it in their own timeline has spread your uniqueness. Your own timeline content deletion doesn't get rid of that. I had a facebook account for about a year then got rid - really got rid, which is not easy. I realised that my true friends don't use or need it, nor do I need it to keep up with them. Above all I hate the stickyness of it and the high handed attitude to privacy.

Originally Posted by Lightmancer

There is a very useful little Android app called something like "scrubber" (yes I know) that erases your Facebook tracks entirely. It is not enough to delete the contents of your own timeline, you also want to get rid of your fingerprints on other peoples. Anyone who has ever befriended you or liked what you have said or reposted it in their own timeline has spread your uniqueness. Your own timeline content deletion doesn't get rid of that. I had a facebook account for about a year then got rid - really got rid, which is not easy. I realised that my true friends don't use or need it, nor do I need it to keep up with them. Above all I hate the stickyness of it and the high handed attitude to privacy.

I have one called "Exfoliate". I bought a cheap android phone specifically so I could use it. It didnt get rid of everything, I have still had to manually delete a lot of stuff, but it did really well.

Originally Posted by Gary

lol, +1.

I have a facebook account, but rarely use it (my kids set it up without my approval). But, the big but, I do find it very useful for keeping up with my daughters. It is nice to see their posts and images of their activities, (fortunately they refrain from posting stuff like, "woke-up", "got out of bed", "dragged a comb across my head".

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and this is why people will stay with it. People post their updates to facebook instead of sending emails with pic attachments if they are at distance, or picking up the phone if they arent. I remain unconvinced that this is actually a good thing.

I shun facebook and any online presence. I hated the fact that someone could google my name and find out all the addresses I ever lived at and all my phone numbers. I hated more that it listed my family members. To me that is more than a privacy issue, it's a safety issue. So it took a while but I sent out cease and desist letters to all the information brokers. Now it's like I don't exist online. Google me and there's not a peep.

They've done an "about face" for now: Instagram Does an About-Face - NYTimes.com and have posted about it here: Updated Terms of Service Based on Your Feedback - Instagram Blog Only time will tell.

Originally Posted by BBW

They've done an "about face" for now: Instagram Does an About-Face - NYTimes.com and have posted about it here: Updated Terms of Service Based on Your Feedback - Instagram Blog Only time will tell.

BB its not over yet. Zuckerberg has wanted to be able to use people, their information, their posts, and their photographs, pretty much since the beginning. There is always an outcry, he backs off a little but never to the previous point and gains ground with every adjustment of the terms. Thats why I am getting out of FB as soon as I can. I may yet also abandon G+.

Originally Posted by kyteflyer

BB its not over yet. Zuckerberg has wanted to be able to use people, their information, their posts, and their photographs, pretty much since the beginning. There is always an outcry, he backs off a little but never to the previous point and gains ground with every adjustment of the terms. Thats why I am getting out of FB as soon as I can. I may yet also abandon G+.

+1

I'll have the added advantage of fewer distractions.

Oh yes, definitely not over!

Originally Posted by kyteflyer

and this is why people will stay with it. People post their updates to facebook instead of sending emails with pic attachments if they are at distance, or picking up the phone if they arent. I remain unconvinced that this is actually a good thing.

You're right Sue it is good for keeping up with family, but there are other services out there that seem less invasive.

Originally Posted by Pelao

+1

I'll have the added advantage of fewer distractions.

LOL! There is that. The trouble is, on G+ there are now several very active photography communities, so its a bit of a temptation.