Archive for the 'facebook' Category

Media Giant Robots taking over the web?

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

I found this over at Paul O’Flaherty’s  blog. IMHO, I don’t see commercial use of the web as a bad thing. Even in the old days, the average consumer needed the grocer and the blacksmith and the guy who made saddles and horse shoes.  I see lack of ethics as the problem. Lack of ethics seems [...]

Facebook is spyware; Admits to tracking logged off users.

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Because it’s proper blog etiquette to quote; I’m quoting regular jEN, who quoted John C. Dvorak,  who quoted PC World.  Ain’t it grand?  PC WORLD: Facebook Admits Ad Service Tracks LOGGED OFF Users. Facebook’s controversial Beacon ad system tracks users’ off-Facebook activities even if those users are logged off from the social-networking site and have [...]