This is the last post including a picture of a cat for a while. Anyway, does anyone care about internet privacy any more? Or have we kind of 'got over that'?
Recent example: Facebook has agreed to let third party advertisers use your posted pictures without your permission.
I find it bizarre that people use all sorts of crazy monikers and stuff for their e-mail and login ID's, and then these same supposedly sane people share the most intimate details of their lives on the internet with facebook 'friends'. Most of whom arent actually 'friends' at all. The contact base grows at an exponential rate once you look to the second and third degree of separation, something which our brains arent naturally wired to appreciate but which geeks who work for large advertising corporations certainly do.
Corporations also possess the resources individuals lack, enabling them to arbitrage the differential between our ignorance and their expertise. As traditional revenue streams from print and television advertising collapse, greater emphasis is focused on those who can tap into the social networking revolution for financial gain. Big bucks, basically.
None of this any kind of great conspiracy, its just business. Facebook and other sites have a sole purpose in life and that is to generate advertising revenue by exploiting our personal networks. Members are not their customers, advertisers are. Same is true of Google, who save records of every search you've ever made by the way, and share it for cash.
