Back in his Harvard days, Zuckerberg was busted by campus administration for stealing co-ed picture and name information from school servers to be able to launch FaceMash. Zuckerberg, who would go on to create Facebook, was accused of taking information and identities. That was 2003, however Wired reports that today, a couple of activists with an internet dating website want Zuckerberg to learn something about data security. Paolo Cirio and Ludovico, founders of internet dating site Lovely Faces, scraped 250,000 Facebook profiles for names, pictures and locations to be able to get their site off the ground. Facebook is displeased that the duo did not ask for permission, and the business might be preparing to sue. Facebook currently makes so much money that they probably will not need quick personal loans to take this com! pany to court.
What you should know about Lovely-Faces.com
Without obtaining consent, Lovely Faces grabbed Facebook user information and classified images of male and female faces via a recognition algorithm into such categories as "easy going," "smug" or "sly." Cirio and Ludovico are worried about the legality of it all. This is because they used Facebook user's actual names as well. The idea that it’s acceptable to put personal information on online social media is what is being challenged by Lovely Faces. They claim not to be a business venture, claims Wired.
"If we start to play with the concepts of identity theft and dating, we should be able to unveil how fragile a virtual identity given to a proprietary platform can be," write the Lovely Faces founders on Face to Facebook. "And (we’ll see) how fragile enormous capitalization based on exploiting social systems can be."
The cracks inherent in the system is what Cirio and Ludovico are trying to do with Facebook and other social networks. They’re hoping to make the networks crumble from over-hyped stock evaluations just like in the early 2000s when the bubble burst stopping several dot coms.
Facebook upset with Lovely Faces
There’s a violation of Facebook's terms of service in accordance with Barry Schnitt. He is the Director of Policy Communications at Facebook. Thus, Facebook is currently investigating Lovely-Faces.com before taking legal action. Facebook has sued others before, such as the online protection research firm Skull Protection after it released 100 million Facebook user names and profile addresses. Zuckerberg and business may sue again.
Information from
Face to Facebook
face-to-facebook.net/theory.php
New York Times
bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/100-million-facebook-ids-compiled-online/
Wired
wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/facebook-dating/
Dating on Facebook with Flyness: No illegal action required
youtube.com/watch?v=1D51lBv1Hac
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