{"id":398,"date":"2009-05-15T02:56:35","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T06:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peacefulhippo.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/15\/dont-take-online-quizzes\/"},"modified":"2009-05-15T02:56:35","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T06:56:35","slug":"dont-take-online-quizzes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/2009\/05\/15\/dont-take-online-quizzes\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Take Online Quizzes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is from the haven of computer geeks, Slashdot.org<\/p>\n

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\t\t\tThe Hidden Secrets of Online Quizzes \t\t\t \t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\t \tPosted by \t \tCmdrTaco<\/a> \ton Thursday May 14, @09:32AM<\/b>
\tfrom the i-thought-it-just-cluttered-my-facebook<\/b> dept.<\/strong> \t<\/div>\n
\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\"Privacy\" \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t \t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t<\/div>\n
\t\t\tLegionKK points out a story on PC World, sending along this excerpt: “Ultimately, deciding whether you should take an online quiz comes down to a question of trust: Are you comfortable putting your information \u2014 personal or financial \u2014 into the owner’s hands?<\/a> Remember, even if you don’t directly input data, it can be passed along. Such is the case with Facebook, where just opening an application automatically grants its developer access<\/a> to your entire profile. And don’t assume that the developer isn’t going to use the information within. […] The ads can follow you long after you click away, too. Just look at RealAge<\/a>, a detailed quiz that assigns you a ‘biological age’ based on your family history and health habits. The site, a recent investigation revealed, takes your most sensitive answers <\/a> \u2014 those about sexual difficulties, say, or signs of depression \u2014 and sells them to drug companies looking to market medications.”<\/i> \t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is from the haven of computer geeks, Slashdot.org The Hidden Secrets of Online Quizzes Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 14, @09:32AM from the i-thought-it-just-cluttered-my-facebook dept. LegionKK points out a story on PC World, sending along this excerpt: “Ultimately, deciding whether you should take an online quiz comes down to a question of trust: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}