Another Labour Gimp Doesn't Git It!

[jshell]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20082493

Seems like good advice to me to provide Social Networking with some false info...

[IainT]

Nice to see the Liebour muppet using pedostyria to scare people into compliance.

[Puggit]

Ummm, actually I'd slightly favour Facebook over the government with my data. At least Facebook openly admits to selling it on...

[KrazyIvan]

Internet Security Chief or labour non existent jobsworth? think I'll take my advice from the guy whose job title at least puts him in the right area of expertise.

Puggit said:

Ummm, actually I'd slightly favour Facebook over the government with my data. At least Facebook openly admits to selling it on...

what a total load of crap, the government do not sell your data...........they just lose it.....a lot

[MX7]

What's the point in signing up to facebook with the wrong name?

[martin84]

MX7 said:

What's the point in signing up to facebook with the wrong name?

To experience what it'd be like to be a popular person?

[MX7]

martin84 said:

MX7 said:

What's the point in signing up to facebook with the wrong name?

To experience what it'd be like to be a popular person?

[Spiritual_Beggar]

KrazyIvan said:

what a total load of crap, the government do not sell your data...........they just lose it.....a lot

Actually....I thought the DVLA admitted to selling data;

e.g.: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-21...

Edited by Spiritual_Beggar on Thursday 25th October 15:51

[shouldbworking]

Doesn't seem that bad advice in context. Prevent identity theft by not putting all your personal details out there. Obviously this conflicts with make everything traceable to prevent cyber bullying.

No sensible solution that I can think of without ISPs snooping on everything.

[geeks]

I actually back Labour on this one. Just because you are on the internet doesn't give you the right to behave like a cockwhisk! Telling everyone to use a fake name will encourage that sort of behavior as you cannot be held accountable to who you are!

Sure dont hand over your address, bank details etc but this is common sense and social media has no requirement for that kind of information!

[fadeaway]

doing that would also break the terms of service of a lot of web sites (eg Facebook). So government advice is to now break the conditions of a contract. Interesting!

[Puggit]

Spiritual_Beggar said:

KrazyIvan said:

what a total load of crap, the government do not sell your data...........they just lose it.....a lot

Actually....I thought the DVLA admitted to selling data;

e.g.: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-21...

I don't think they admit to it, they just to it rather loosely.

[Liokault]

martin84 said:

MX7 said:

What's the point in signing up to facebook with the wrong name?

To experience what it'd be like to be a popular person?

Or because your a teacher or social worker, both of whom I understand are advised not to use facebook accounts with their real names.

Or, if like a friend of mine, facebook suddenly decides you are a bot and ban you until you give them a copy of your passport. This dispite having only normal activity on the site and being linked to other non banned accounts as brother/husband/son etc etc, prompting you to start a new account using a name like "Power Dude".

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Puggit said:

Spiritual_Beggar said:

KrazyIvan said:

what a total load of crap, the government do not sell your data...........they just lose it.....a lot

Actually....I thought the DVLA admitted to selling data;

e.g.: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-21...

I don't think they admit to it, they just to it rather loosely.

Yeah, you're probably right.

The word 'Admit' isn't one that features in the Government's dictionary.

[The Black Flash]

""When you are interacting with government, or professional organisations - people who you know are going to protect your information - then obviously you are going to use the right stuff."

Hah bloody hah.

[The Black Flash]

geeks said:

I actually back Labour on this one. Just because you are on the internet doesn't give you the right to behave like a cockwhisk! Telling everyone to use a fake name will encourage that sort of behavior as you cannot be held accountable to who you are!

Sure dont hand over your address, bank details etc but this is common sense and social media has no requirement for that kind of information!

There appear to be only 3 Dan Colletts in Buckinghamshire. Wouldn't take long to narrow down which one you are, and from there work out your address and various other information. People leave big trails without realising it...

[Halb]

MX7 said:

martin84 said:

MX7 said:

What's the point in signing up to facebook with the wrong name?

To experience what it'd be like to be a popular person?

That's what Martin did.

[hornet]

geeks said:

I actually back Labour on this one. Just because you are on the internet doesn't give you the right to behave like a cockwhisk! Telling everyone to use a fake name will encourage that sort of behavior as you cannot be held accountable to who you are!

Certain irony to posting that comment on a forum under the name "geeks", no? I'm guessing that's not your real name?

[aw51 121565]

The Black Flash said:

""When you are interacting with government, or professional organisations - people who you know are going to protect your information - then obviously you are going to use the right stuff."

Hah bloody hah.

I'm strangely reminded of a UK government website (seriously can't be bothered finding it, sorry ) concerning ID Cards - where the starting point is (was) one username and one [different] password for all websites, in their propoganda... The username and password would be as per one's ID Card!

I'll meet your "hah bloody hah" and cue cynical hollow laughter .

[AJS-]

So it "sparked the anger" of one Labour MP, who gets the first half of the article and a nice smiling picture of herself. Typical impartial BBC reporting there.