However, we changed the visibility of extended profile data to 'friends' in order to demonstrate the differences.
"There is an unseemliness about scientists willingly providing data to their friends and resisting the provision of data to people who are perceived as critics".
To be clear, QuizUp is not retaining any contact data on their servers, which was another major component of the Path case, and it asks explicitly for user permission to use the data to find friends.
For example, why couldn't he have distributed copies of the stolen data to trusted friends or an attorney or two overseas and then begun speaking with his superiors at NSA, demanding answers and explanations which if unsatisfactory would result in the release of information?
In addition it says the device can trigger downloads of the owner's photos, contact information and other data on to friends' handsets by touching them against the ring.
Whether looking at reams of survey data, talking to friends or wishing on a star, who among us wouldn't rather spend the final years — golden or less so — at home, surrounded by our cherished possessions, in our own bed, no cranky old coot as a roommate, no institutional smells or sounds, no lukewarm meals on a schedule of someone else's making?
Facebook will also use that data to make friend suggestions and combine that data with the reams of information it has already collected so that it can tailor ads even more specifically to your interests.
Yesterday, Fusion reported that Facebook uses location data to make friend suggestions and pointed out that this could lead to unfortunate privacy mishaps.
Indeed, I inadvertently discovered that people knew whether I was engaging in sexual congress after I gave my health tracker data to a friend and he wryly quibbed about my night time activities.
Of course, there's also the cynical version of the story: that Facebook did use location data to make friend recommendations, then backpedaled when security experts compared the practice to NSA surveillance and pointed out that it might violate Facebook's settlement with the FTC.
Facebook can't use the data to invite your friends, and you can't use the data to actually contact and share with your friends, which is the whole point of a social graph.
