Last week, we posted a list of open questions about how voters’ personal information was used in the 2012 presidential election (and how it’ll be used now that the election’s over). We posted the questions on our blog and on the social news site Reddit, and lo and behold, someone from the Obama campaign’s data [...]
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Michael Arrington is so Naive
Michael Arrington, the TechCrunch founder and and technology muckraker extraordinaire, has just put Facebook over the coals for some anti-Google PR, and he’s acting as if he’s surprised to see such aggressive and underhanded behavior from Facebook. Michael’s naive. He doesn’t understand how threatening Facebook really is. Facebook’s behavior threatens everyone, including you. Although Facebook [...]
Buttons Everywhere? “Connect,” “Like,” “Recommend:” Should You Click?
Recently LinkedIn joined Facebook Connect in its aspiration to integrate itself into all the other Web sites you use…