And the app is supposed to be able to alert you when terms of service are changed on privacy settings of apps — something most social services hate to make very obvious, of course.
The bus is clearly a public space and that changes expectations of privacy a great deal.
Facebook is legally allowed to make this change to privacy settings because of the new language about messaging it put into its terms of service this month.
Because the relevant provision set forth by Consumer Webwatch calls for sites to "notify customers of changes to privacy policies, and provide an easy opt-out alternative," Yahoo's move could probably be considered in compliance with the new guidelines.
Facebook has certainly made a lot of changes to privacy and control over the years, though its focus has rarely seemed aimed at "giving people transparency and control".
I have also had to change my expectations of privacy, in part out of necessity.
This spring Facebook didn't change the level of privacy it offers, it just made the settings easier to personalize.
However, when the patient safety rules are not followed, the results can be catastrophic, as Margaret, whose name has also been changed for reasons of privacy, found.
Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, one of the authors of the Nature article, says that the ability to cross-link data, such as matching the identity of someone reading a news article to posts that person makes on Twitter, fundamentally changes the idea of privacy and anonymity.
All names have been changed, for reasons of privacy.
