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> Facebook wants to know why you didn’t publish that status update you started writing. > Unfortunately, the code in your browser that powers Facebook still kn
by unfathomable 10y ago
> Facebook wants to know why you didn’t publish that status update you started writing.
> Unfortunately, the code in your browser that powers Facebook still knows what you typed—even if you decide not to publish it.* It turns out that the things you explicitly choose not to share aren't entirely private.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/12/facebook_self_censorship_what_happens_to_the_posts_you_don_t_publish.html http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/1...
- cm3 10y agoReminds me of the Petraeus scandal where they communicated via unsent Gmail drafts in a shared account. EDIT: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petraeus_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petraeus_scandal Petraeus and Broadwell used fake names to create free webmail accounts exchanging messages without encryption tools. They would share an email account, with one saving a message in the drafts folder and the other deleting it after reading it.
- techthroway443 10y agoBrilliant
- scholia 10y agoWasn't that story thoroughly debunked? The data flows didn't support it, and Facebook denied it.