Personal Information @ MindSay

I know there's a lot of complaining about the advertising here on Mindsay, but see what you think of this (and to anyone who might be reading the imported note on Facebook, I'm especially curious about your thoughts).  I remember hearing a while back that Facebook was implementing a new advertising strategy that was going to share more of their user's personal information with advertisers.  I guess I didn't take much notice of it at the time, and I didn't really notice any effects... until the last few days.

Suddenly Facebook advertisers seem keenly aware of the fact that I'm a single, straight, Christian male.  And granted, all of that information is on my profile, but it's there for my friends (after all, isn't that the point of the site?), not Facebook's "generous supporters."  I'm getting ads that specifically mention musical artists that I have listed on my profile, online Bible studies, and resources for worship leaders.  As if that wasn't creepy enough... almost every time that I view the profile of a female friend, I get ads for dating sites (both "Christian" and otherwise).  Apparently Facebook thinks I'm a stalker trolling the internet for love.  It seems to me that Facebook is the one doing the stalking, and to be quite honest, it's creeping me out a little bit.  I realize that Google's been using something similar for years, but somehow it seemed far less intrusive.

Is this happening to anyone else?  And if it is... what do you think of it?  Are you as troubled by it as I am?

I don't think it's a bad idea....however, I just don't see the point.

I already have a driver's license, a passport, birth certificate, and social security card. Do they want us to start wearing name tags that say: "Hello My Name Is Kevin" and wear it on our chests? I guess it would be a good idea for people who don't have driver's licenses and for children. Of course even with passports photos, children have to a get a new one every five years because their appearance changes so much. No, I don't feel it's an invasion of my privacy for someone to ask me "Who I am." I have nothing to hide about my identity. I'm sure the cards will have basic information such as:

Name
DOB
Eye Color
Height
Weight
Address
SSN
Fingerprint.

I mean what else would they need to know? I don't think they'll be asking for Religion, Sexual Orientation, Favorite Ice Cream Flavor.....So nothing too intrusive. It's just a way to weed out the illegal immigrants, terrorists, and conmen.

I will say one thing though, it's not like these people won't try to makeup fake ID's. Hell, teens make fake ID's all the time to buy beer or cigarettes.....



Tschuess!

The University of California-Los Angeles alerts some 800,000 current and former students, applicants, faculty and staff that their personal information -- names, addresses, Social Security numbers -- were exposed when a hacker broke into a campus computer system.

 

The university says that only a small percentage of the records in the database were actually accessed. The case may be the largest computer breach ever at an American university.