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by edderly 5255 days ago
The simplest opt-in/out I think would be satisfactory would be to limit the amount of data they can associate with me to an arbitrary time period (six months sounds about right).

I think there has to be a price to pay from the data aggregator side if they want information associated with my 'real' identity.
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dreamdu5t 5255 days ago
Facebook is opt-in/opt-out. You don't have to create an account and start adding a bunch of personal information to it.

If you're actually concerned about people destroying your data after six months, why are you giving it to people lacking such an agreement?

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edderly 5255 days ago
Yes at a simple level you're right, but you could use the same argument about lots of things, for example I could opt-out of using the Internet but that should not give ISPs carte blanche with my personal data.

As to your question, I use FB fairly cautiously and I'd also rather not exclude myself from a social forum which friends prefer to use.

What I'm suggesting is a simple compromise, rather than give social networks an unlimited license to my data I'm happy to give them a more limited one.

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