Hey there McBloggers, I just wanted to share my thoughts with you on today’s announcement from Facebook that they will be launching a communications suite. Soon, (maybe even today?) you could get your email from Facebook, such as mcblog@facebook.com. (Insert your pref instead of mcblog). Wow! Really my favorite social platform can also be my email provider!? Yes, and here are 3 reasons why that is terrifying:
YIKES people! I mean come on! It’s bad enough we let email systems scan email contents to display relevant ads, but now a company who has repeatedly, time after time, dropped the privacy ball. Not only have they dropped the ball but they are taken the ball and punted it away with the whole Beacon thing!? Facebook has taken a bull horn and yelled at me, “I don’t care about you or your data, I want MONEY!” So without going into extreme detail, please please think three or four times before you sign up to have Facebook have complete, unfiltered access to your communication content. And if you’d like a blanket recommendation to share with people, just say NO to facebook email accounts.