Last Friday, Amazon deleted several books by George Orwell from their users’ Kindles (mirror) because of possible copyright issues. Kindle users didn’t receive any notice or warning – their only information came from an e-mail confirming a refund for the books.
It is downright invasive that Amazon grants itself access without users’ knowledge or consent. They [...]
After MySpace, let’s see how Facebook holds up in the eternal all your data are belong to us competition. My pronostic would be “not so good”.
On a sidenote…
With regards to Facebook privacy, Bruce Schneier has some interesting links on his blog about Facebook’s privacy settings:
Ten privacy settings every Facebook user should know
Protecting your privacy on [...]
“Web 2.0″ (MySpace, Facebook et al) has caused the death of user-run and user-controlled online communities, and as I’ve witnessed over the last few years has caused the internet to cease what it used to be.