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    12/07/09

    In reply to Yahoo Puts a Price on Your Privacy: $10
    That's hilarious. I was just reading a book about wiretapping in Canada in the early 80's and Bell Canada charged the police $50 a day per tap. Now we really know who's behind the surveillance society: greedy Canuck utility companies!
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    12/07/09

    In reply to Is Google's Cupcake Princess Planning to Electronically Track Her Wedding Guests?
    Oh, lord.

    All I'm asking for my wedding are bagpipes.
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    12/07/09

    In reply to Is Google's Cupcake Princess Planning to Electronically Track Her Wedding Guests?
    Who does she think she is??? Jennifer Anniston?
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/07/09

    In reply to Yahoo Puts a Price on Your Privacy: $10
    I've got like 1700 unread messages in my Yahoo! mailbox. You'd think I'd be worth more than $35.
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    Image of paxcincinnatus paxcincinnatus
    12/07/09

    @Magister: No one wants to see your Half.com Wish List Update.
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    12/07/09

    @paxcincinnatus: You'd think that I'd quit paying $20 a year to have a place to send it.
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    Edited by Magister at 12/07/09 4:54 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    12/07/09

    In reply to Is Google's Cupcake Princess Planning to Electronically Track Her Wedding Guests?
    Didn't Marissa date Larry Page at one point? Can't blame Lucy for not wanting to invite the ex-GF he still works with.
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    Image of QADude QADude
    12/07/09

    @FormerEnglishMajor: They were dating previously, and then Larry left for Lucy.

    Gotta love that pic - all that's needed is some sinister laugh, ala Ren from Urusei Yatsura. Either that or that sinister laugh of hers...
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    12/07/09

    @FormerEnglishMajor: Very good point.
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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    12/04/09

    In reply to Google CEO: Secrets Are for Filthy People
    He could've soften the blow by saying "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be posting it on the internet in the first place."

    Man, are we gonna laugh at this one years from now when google becomes the new evil overlord (or as some say, "microsoft")
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    12/04/09

    In reply to Google CEO: Secrets Are for Filthy People
    He saw the Twilight Zone where dude could read minds.
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    12/03/09

    In reply to Someone Stop Facebook's Creepy Predators, Facebook Executive Implores
    You know, a man of his age really can't pull off the t-shirts and shorts thing anymore. No one wants to see those moobs, and that bare knee reminds me of Larry David's revulsion at men in shorts on aero-planes. Christ, all the money in the world and some people can't make themselves decent-looking as a courtesy to others' delicate eyeballs. Game over brah, put on some pants and some self-respect.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    12/03/09

    In reply to Someone Stop Facebook's Creepy Predators, Facebook Executive Implores
    I have mixed feelings about this one. Sex offenders = bad. But having to tell the govt about your online profiles seems, well, like not even a shred of privacy.

    What about just adding a badge to their profiles, "registered sex offender" like bloggers have to do with their sponsorships now?
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    I never got on board with Facebook or any of the other ones but I can say it's officially over when my mother, who can barely use the computer, is on there now with a bunch of friends. I just found this out this morning when I got one of those automatic e-mail friend requests from her account. Yawn. If I need you to know something I've got e-mail, text and phone, otherwise, I'll keep my privacy thanks. I do like Twitter, although I just use it to follow people/groups.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    Guess Zuck wants to outsource "girls of FB exposed" to the entire world...

    But seriously, why is he so obssesed with trying to be twitter? specially considering FB is closer to what a real business should be.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    Considering you can join a network and block users from viewing your profile, I don't understand why Facebook is doing away with the option due to "privacy" concerns. I think you're on to something, Ryan.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    Keeping up with revisions to FB privacy settings : My second full-time job.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    I log onto Facebook, I see that a distant friend from grade school has been busy in Farmville, I log off of Facebook. If you can build a business model on that, god bless you.
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    12/02/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: Don't foget Farkle and Mafia Wars. God people, get a life! Hide, hide, hide, hide.
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    12/02/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: They make money by aggregating and selling data about users. Mostly for marketing, market research, that sort of thing, although it doesn't necessarily end there. They may make some money from those stupid, annoying ads, but I doubt that's the biggest element of their revenue stream.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    12/02/09

    @tongue-tied: Word. Don't play the games.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    What I'd like to see in FB, and which would be great for members, is being able to create groups that are stand-alone networks. So, say, my Lushes group can see and post amongst each other picts, updates and comments that Family can't (and vice-versa). Each network would see a flow of information, but not other groups' info flows.
    And, the ability to add one person to multiple groups (work, school or friends, school and friends, work and school..., say).
    Right now, my only option is to block ALL trinkets to a specific group, which leaves suspicious gaps on my page (Really, Mom, you DON'T want to see me doing my half-naked Jiggy Dance on the Go-Go stage at 4AM, even though you think you do).

    It's such a common sense way to do things that I suspect that FB doesn't do this on purpose, all the more to propagate personal data. Which might be better for their IPO, but lousy for their long-term success since Moms (and potential bosses) are instead completely locked out.

    I suspect that, like Regional settings, FB doesn't like its members to be selective with who sees what, and rather than delivering what users want, works against it. No successful company has enjoyed long-term success (without breaking Anti-Trust law).
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