Media Giant Robots taking over the web?

lindac — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:44:24 +0000

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 to be part of corporate culture all too often… but it’s not just corporations. I’ve met plenty of individuals whose ethics are on the short side, too.

Facebook is spyware; Admits to tracking logged off users.

lindac — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:52:10 +0000

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 previously declined having their activities on specific external sites broadcast to their Facebook friends, a company spokesman said…

Even caught red handed, they still only provide a partial opt out. But Golly, Juney Moon, them user lists and tracking data is worth mucho payola.

So they know what logged off users are doing. Wonder if they’re jiggy with what pissed off users are doing. You think?

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Media Giant Robots taking over the web?

Facebook is spyware; Admits to tracking logged off users.