Sunday, March 15, 2009

Facebook user must open up about private content

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An Ontario judge has ordered a man who is suing someone over injuries sustained in an auto accident to answer questions about his private Facebook content.
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Roman's lawyers want to cross-examine Leduc about what he is saying to friends in the area of his Facebook profile that is off-limits to the public.
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"With respect, I do not regard the defendant's request as a fishing expedition. Mr. Leduc exercised control over a social networking and information site to which he allowed designated "friends" access. It is reasonable to infer that his social networking site likely contains some content relevant to the issue of how Mr. Leduc has been able to lead his life since the accident."


Yep.

the information is out there. It's available. Now the law's gonna demand you cough it up. Personal diaries , face book accounts that are closed to the public and only meant for a few friends to see, whats next ? Every sms message you ever sent ? Every chat program you ever got on ?

Google chrome records everything you do , for advertising purposes, so they can spam you to death. They gonna demand to see that too ? How about your history of everywhere you went on the internet ? The internet providers already keep such records even if you don't give permission , so they can figure out which sites are most popular.

We're being watched. And it's being done for hostile reasons. It's being done to get at our wallet , it's being done to pitch ads at us, it's being done to figure out which advertising techniques are more effective than others so they can make us pay through the nose for trash not fit to feed to your dog. it's even being done to convince you to vote for one political party over an other (The pro-business liberals have a strangle hold of popularity with the pro-business news stations and news sites. Needless to say , the pro-people "Businesses can go whistle for their more ridiculous demands" Conservatives tend to get locked out of such things)

And when someone is watching you with hostile intentions , what do you do ?

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