Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Infographic: Facebook's "anti-privacy monopoly"

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In an essay and handy infographic, DeObfuscate lays out the inverse relationship between Facebook's growing market share and the erosion of user privacy.

Related: rocket.ly's list of 10 reasons you should delete your account on Facebook, and why Primevector thinks canceling out of Facebook is a great idea right about now.

Finally, words of wisdom tweeted by Tim Spalding over the weekend:

Why do free social networks tilt inevitably toward user exploitation? Because you're not their customer, you're their product.
(via EFF)







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