"The Internet is rife with surveillance technology, but you can cover some of your tracks"

"A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers. First in a series."

I don't get the "will be barred for 20 years" part.

A lot of great links about the integrity of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's recent stumbles.

"Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook"

Yeah, it's that bad.

"When History Is Compiled 140 Characters at a Time"

"Facebook originally earned its core base of users by offering them simple and powerful controls over their personal information. As Facebook grew larger and became more important, it could have chosen to maintain or improve those controls. Instead, it's slowly but surely helped itself — and its advertising and business partners — to more and more of its users' information, while limiting the users' options to control their own information."

I remember when the term "web" meant "connectivity", not "snare".

"Printed or sent to cellphones, the coupons look standard, but they can contain a startling amount of data."

I sometimes wonder if the Face-suits and Google-moguls are basically betting on a "privacy is SO nineties" attitude.

Interesting article on the personal and cultural effects of online "ambient awareness".

Bring it on.

Beacon 2.0?

"Whispering endlessly into a room crowded with everyone I’ve ever met while simultaneously being badgered by evil robotic clone versions of those same people that insistently try to trick me into buy things from Overstock.com HAS NEVER BEEN SO MUCH FUN!

Score one for privacy!

Seems like a good idea.

Can you keep a secret? Neither can I.