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I can't create an account because it uses Facebook, I'll wait for the next version.

WaxProlix 12y ago
Common plight these days. I've considered making throwaway facebook profiles for these sorts of things before, but there's got to be a better solution.
- KhalilK 12y ago
  Facebook's "Anonymous" Login[0] is still in beta. 0.https://developers.facebook.com/products/anonymous-login/ https://developers.facebook.com/products/anonymous-login/
- baddox 12y ago
  Why wouldn't you make a throwaway Facebook profile? My Facebook account was initially created as my legitimate account, but now I treat it as essentially a throwaway. It makes logging in to most random little sites extremely handy, and I see no measurable downside.
  - WaxProlix 12y ago
    If you want to remain any kind of anonymous, it means logging into each facebook login-enabled site with a new, fresh fb account. Using one trash account might stop them from linking things to your 'real identity' (such as fb perceives it), but it still lets them link all of your activities together and build a profile. Persona linking from there isn't hard, based on usernames or email addresses used (see pipl and similar for examples of casual, publicly available version of these tools). But even if there's no persona/pseudonym linking algo going on, you're still being 'tracked'. It's not fully anonymous.
    - beamatronic 12y ago
      Unless you clear your Facebook cookies each time you log out.
      - amelius 12y ago
        There are also in-browser tools that prevent cookies from being sent to third parties.
harlanlewis 12y ago
This is a product for tracking everything you do, and tries to accomplish that by pulling data from other services that track everything you do. Is Facebook uniquely untrustworthy in this category? Is there anything about Gyroscope that makes it uniquely trustworthy, if only they gathered your data directly?
- DiabloD3 12y ago
  It isn't about being untrustworthy: I don't use Facebook, I use many other things but not Facebook. If he has the code to handle Facebook logins, he has the code to handle Google logins as well.
- AbeEstrada 12y ago
  I don't have a Facebook account.
- closetnerd 12y ago
  This really is a stupid assumption. Yes there are people who actually don't want Facebook for reasons other than privacy.
- serf 12y ago
  Let's not just assume the parent of your comment thinks Facebook is untrustworthy; how about if someone (like me, for example) just doesn't have a Facebook account?
- seanodonnell 12y ago
  I would have signed up via facebook, but then I noticed they wanted my friends list. Nope. Nope. Nope.
  - DataCreep 12y ago
    Creeps gonna creep.
  - draven 12y ago
    IIRC the friends list is in the default app permissions, and calling the graph API only returns the friends on your list who also gave the same permission to the app.

Common plight these days. I've considered making throwaway facebook profiles for these sorts of things before, but there's got to be a better solution.

KhalilK 12y ago
Facebook's "Anonymous" Login[0] is still in beta. 0.https://developers.facebook.com/products/anonymous-login/ https://developers.facebook.com/products/anonymous-login/
baddox 12y ago
Why wouldn't you make a throwaway Facebook profile? My Facebook account was initially created as my legitimate account, but now I treat it as essentially a throwaway. It makes logging in to most random little sites extremely handy, and I see no measurable downside.
- WaxProlix 12y ago
  If you want to remain any kind of anonymous, it means logging into each facebook login-enabled site with a new, fresh fb account. Using one trash account might stop them from linking things to your 'real identity' (such as fb perceives it), but it still lets them link all of your activities together and build a profile. Persona linking from there isn't hard, based on usernames or email addresses used (see pipl and similar for examples of casual, publicly available version of these tools). But even if there's no persona/pseudonym linking algo going on, you're still being 'tracked'. It's not fully anonymous.
  - beamatronic 12y ago
    Unless you clear your Facebook cookies each time you log out.
    - amelius 12y ago
      There are also in-browser tools that prevent cookies from being sent to third parties.

harlanlewis 12y ago

This is a product for tracking everything you do, and tries to accomplish that by pulling data from other services that track everything you do. Is Facebook uniquely untrustworthy in this category? Is there anything about Gyroscope that makes it uniquely trustworthy, if only they gathered your data directly?

DiabloD3 12y ago
It isn't about being untrustworthy: I don't use Facebook, I use many other things but not Facebook. If he has the code to handle Facebook logins, he has the code to handle Google logins as well.
AbeEstrada 12y ago
I don't have a Facebook account.
closetnerd 12y ago
This really is a stupid assumption. Yes there are people who actually don't want Facebook for reasons other than privacy.
serf 12y ago
Let's not just assume the parent of your comment thinks Facebook is untrustworthy; how about if someone (like me, for example) just doesn't have a Facebook account?
seanodonnell 12y ago
I would have signed up via facebook, but then I noticed they wanted my friends list. Nope. Nope. Nope.
- DataCreep 12y ago
  Creeps gonna creep.
- draven 12y ago
  IIRC the friends list is in the default app permissions, and calling the graph API only returns the friends on your list who also gave the same permission to the app.