Opinion The website that knew too much

Facebook uses its registration tool for third-party websites to insert a single line of code and create a registration form which pre-populates fields with a user’s data. Many websites have been using this login for new users in late last year. There are some advantages of using the tool,for every time you like a story it appears directly on your Facebook page. Some websites also let you see what you friends have been doing on these websites.

However,I am not sure I want Facebook to decide what I want. I know it knows a bit too much about its users,but to fill in for the person itself will be a bit too much. Julian Assange might have exaggerated a bit when he called Facebook an US spy machine,but the truth is that Mark Zuckerberg’s little website now knows more about its users than their mothers.

While Google succeeded in becoming the primary web identity for most netizens over the past decade,a position it won from Yahoo,we are seeing a gradual shift towards Facebook now. But the fact is Facebook is far more that a mail address,it is the soul keeper to an entire generation. If it decides to go rogue,then most of our secrets will be on the most-read list of gossip sites.

Well,since a complete abstinence from any sort of web engagement will need nerves of steel,it is better to be a bit cautious while letting in websites on your personal data. Stop short of keying it that extra bit of info that could change the equation between you and the portal. The game is still in your hands,just play it wise.