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lj_refugees2010-10-18 06:37 am
primsong) wrote in 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*
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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FB is really on my shitlist right now after what happened to my nephew this weekend, so this latest fail doesn't surprise me at all.