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[primsong]

Why am I absolutely not even mildly surprised?

Facebook in Online Privacy Breach (at the online Wall Street Journal)

Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found....

It seems LJ's new overlords would love to follow in such footsteps. I imagine enthusiastic plans to start up a goat-themed version of Farmville that will autofill the sidebars, then to convert the icons into 'flair'.... oooo, just think of the advertising revenue...

*snuggles DWth account*

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[0jack]

I find Facebook to be completely tolerable, so long as I don't use any applications, tag anything, etc. I am fine with that. However, its history of fucking up in a way that exposes people who have taken steps not to be exposed makes me highly irritable. If it weren't the only reliable way to keep up with a few people I hold dear, I would have NOTHING to do with it.

The idea that LJ, which is simple ROILING with its own fail around privacy, would seek to mimic FB? That seems like leaving two unneutered FAILBUNNIES alone in a room with Tom Jones playing and being sure that your good intentions will act as saltpeter and chastity belts and the morning after pill.