As I was reading the news this morning, I noticed two interesting articles regarding the issue of internet privacy.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/google-settles-suit-over-buzz-and-privacy/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/business/media/02privacy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The first one is about Google settling a class action law suit brought forth by users of its Gmail service. The users sued last year when they discovered that their network of Buzz “friends” was created from their list of Gmail contact.
The second article is on the new plan proposed by the Federal Trade Commission of the U.S., to protect the privacy of users online. The plan calls for a broad framework for commercial use of Web consumer data, including a simple and universal “do not track” mechanism that would essentially give consumers the type of control they gained over marketers with the national “do not call” registry.
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A few more words to add about Internet privacy. I think everybody who use GMail noticed that to log in to Blogger no need to enter email/password. That is because Blogger and GMail use openid(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID). I feel quite pissed off that all these openid sites can share info with each other about me...
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