Should you be allowed to use software like Plaxo Pulse to get the name, email and birthday of Your Friends on social networks?

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Should you be allowed to use software like Plaxo Pulse to get the name, email and birthday of Your Friends on social networks?

by VentureBeat Posted January 03, 2008 18:09:48

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Robert Scoble published in his blog about how he got banned on Facebook on January 3 while testing the script for Plaxo Pulse. Read Scobleizer.com, What I was using to hit Facebook for the entire story.

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+9 raves Fef January 03, 2008 18:41:18

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
Facebook tries to protect the email address of your friends for several reasons, and FB has the right to do so. The application used optical character recognition (OCR) to scan the page and translate the text in the picture into digital text. FB does not share this information with apps.
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liemtenshi December 27, 2008 23:47:31

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
Personal information are not good to be go around on internet. Especially if it' s someone elses' information and not yourself.
You should have permission from your friends to do so.
shreweddude July 01, 2008 19:39:39

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
adds
jedaichoi June 27, 2008 05:22:48

Answered: Yes, they are my friends!
rrr
Adi June 25, 2008 19:14:47

Answered: Yes, they are my friends!
Its my data. The only thing they are preventing me from doing, is integrating more quickly into another website of my choice. But sooner or later, I will.
mikeddddd April 08, 2008 19:45:00

Answered: Yes, they are my friends!
this is why i think it.
The Reeses Cup January 06, 2008 18:17:38

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
If they don't want you to know those things, then you're screwed. Why don't you just ASK them instead of TAKING??

Respect people's privacy!
Celeste-o-bot 9000 January 04, 2008 23:50:23

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
No way. If I want someone to know that information, I will be the one to give it to them. Otherwise, it's none of your business. Spammers AND Hackers could very easily get this stuff and screw you over. Far too much potential to be abused.
Grace W. Bush January 04, 2008 23:45:19

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
In my book, anything is accepted to protect me from spammers!
+1 raves
mr.silencewolf January 04, 2008 12:18:22

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
u do it, then spammers can do it.
+5 raves
VentureBeat January 04, 2008 00:20:09

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
i just think that theres too much potential for this to be abused!
+3 raves
Jamesy818 [Raccoon VP] January 04, 2008 00:18:59

Answered: Yes, they are my friends!
I think friends should be allowed, but it is obviously going to be used for spamming purposes, especially now that facebook is open to everyone.
+3 raves
rooffire January 03, 2008 22:37:53

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
TOS for a reason.
+9 raves
Fef January 03, 2008 18:41:18

Answered: No, Terms of Service trumps!
Facebook tries to protect the email address of your friends for several reasons, and FB has the right to do so. The application used optical character recognition (OCR) to scan the page and translate the text in the picture into digital text. FB does not share this information with apps.
+4 raves
SparkleyPie *Mojo is my hom... January 03, 2008 18:22:27

Answered: Undecided
I don't see a problem with exporting your friends' birthdays and email addresses. What I do see a problem with is the potential to use or tweak the program to get personal information from people who aren't your friends.
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Michael January 03, 2008 18:21:27

Answered: Yes, they are my friends!
If I can import my friends to Facebook then I should be able to export them!