Facebook.com watches every move we make.
That's right - every profile clicked and every message sent is logged into a database and saved for future reference.
The data is primarily used for marketing and never shared with or sold to private companies, according to Facebook's public relations department at Facebook.com.
Facebook is adamant about protecting the privacy of its users, but the issue at hand is more complex - how much privacy do Facebook, and Internet users in general, really want?
The popular social networking utility first overstepped its boundaries in 2006 with the introduction of the News Feed - an application intended to broadcast most of the routine activities users performed on the site to other users.
Facebook users came together to protest the News Feed application, and within a week, nearly 800,000 members joined a group protesting the application. In response, Facebook's staff created a modest set of privacy controls that allowed users to partially opt out of the service.
The privacy options have been expanded, and these days, users can choose which activities get posted on their friends' News Feed; but Facebook's privacy woes don't stop there.
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Friday, February 15, 2008
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