http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/campaigns/include/fb/sweepstakes/2012-1mmFanCelebration.asp?SRCCODE=TIGFACEBK&cm_mmc_o=m21CjCd-2HPRRsCjCm8HHVma-sHmCjCv44m8HHVm
 
TigerDirect is having a really awesome give away. If you have a Facebook account you may have a chance to win! 

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Great if you're happy supplying a marketing company your name, profile pic, gender, birthdate, educational history, location, likes, networks, user ID, all your friends details and public info... and then letting them disseminate it whoever they like for a price, including people who may then use it for identity theft.
 
FB is so damn invasive.

Oh, in the terms & conditions: "by participating in the Sweepstakes, you will opt-in to receive email or other communications from Sponsor and its affiliated partners, including but not limited to TigerDirect.com"
 
Yay a bonus: more spam!
 

thanks for the heads up.
 
since i do not do anything illegal and i don't put important info onto facebook i have no need to be paranoid. wonder what the next conspiracy theory will be?

Thanks! May someone in EVGA win  haha

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Great if you're happy supplying a marketing company your name, profile pic, gender, birthdate, educational history, location, likes, networks, user ID, all your friends details and public info... and then letting them disseminate it whoever they like for a price, including people who may then use it for identity theft.

FB is so damn invasive.

Oh, in the terms & conditions: "by participating in the Sweepstakes, you will opt-in to receive email or other communications from Sponsor and its affiliated partners, including but not limited to TigerDirect.com"

Yay a bonus: more spam!

 
This is why you make a Facebook and don't enter all of the details of your life. It's up to you how much you put on Facebook. Ohh, Facebook has my name, and an e-mail that's associated with another name. Don't get all tin foil hat, just make a FB purely for entering these things, with little to no friends. 

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Nereus

Great if you're happy supplying a marketing company your name, profile pic, gender, birthdate, educational history, location, likes, networks, user ID, all your friends details and public info... and then letting them disseminate it whoever they like for a price, including people who may then use it for identity theft.

FB is so damn invasive.

Oh, in the terms & conditions: "by participating in the Sweepstakes, you will opt-in to receive email or other communications from Sponsor and its affiliated partners, including but not limited to TigerDirect.com"

Yay a bonus: more spam!

This is why you make a Facebook and don't enter all of the details of your life. It's up to you how much you put on Facebook. Ohh, Facebook has my name, and an e-mail that's associated with another name. Don't get all tin foil hat, just make a FB purely for entering these things, with little to no friends. 

 
Oh right, a 2nd FB account with no details and no friends, yeah that's a better idea. I'll do that.

(no, I'm not being sarcastic, if it sounds that way).
 

I always laugh about when people complain about how invasive Facebook is, considering if you've ever put anything out there of yourself, you've made yourself public.  You're either on the grid or off it, and if you're using the internet at all, you're on it.  Btw, I entered this thing on day 1, and u can enter each week 1x until it's over, so I did that for this week too.  Yay me!

 
Yeah I'm in - I think today was the last day though?
 
Regarding FB - true, although originally FB was relatively private, and exposing personal details was not such a concern.. it's the apps in more recent years that have been used primarily to data-mine that have really caused this issue for some, as opposed to FB itself. If you're ok with it, no probs, I however am cautious about what info is made publicly available - identity theft is a huge business, and I have no intention of making it easier for those that do it. :)
 
Check out some of the apps on your smartphone some time - some of them take every bit of info they can - such as where you are (GPS), who you call, when and for how long, likewise who calls you, when and for how long and where they were located at the time, any personal info on the phone, your email addresses, what publications etc you subscribe to, what you download, I have heard some even pull your address book details.. why the hell do the need this info? because there's a market for it, and they sell it to anyone who will pay the fee. If you think some of those people wont use that info illegally, or pass it on to 3rd parties who will, then you really need to read up on this topic. Identity theft can ruin your life, and often there's not a lot you can do once the damage is done. Being flippant about it is just asking for trouble, imo. Common sense to me says it's better to err on the side of caution.

 
 

Tried to enter but it won't allow me to hit like for some reason.... Logged in already and everything and it keeps asking for me to login... psh damn FB