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14-May-10

I’ve been watching Facebook’s hamfisted attempts to monetise their user base by selling your personal data to advertisers, with increasing amazement. It’s one thing (and a very Web 2.0 thing at that), to struggle with your business model, but another thing entirely to do it by: Spinning that your customers don’t care about privacy. Obfuscating [...]

Famous for 1/15th of a second

19-Mar-09

When I passed a Google Street View car while cycling through Nottingham a few months ago, I thought: “Hmm. I wonder if I’ll show up on Street View?” Well, Google Maps launched their Street View in the UK today, and it appears the answer is “Yes”. Now, I wasn’t having an affair or buying drugs [...]