primsong: (eagle)
primsong ([personal profile] primsong) wrote in [community profile] lj_refugees2010-10-18 06:37 am

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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*
florentinescot: (Default)

[personal profile] florentinescot 2010-10-18 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
nods. I "like" almost nothing over there any more -- especially if it's hosted at some other site. I just had a friend get hacked (we think) from liking some thing over there.

Haven't heard anything new about the LJ "like" button and what it's really going to do for usthem .....