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Privacy is Not an On and Off Switch – “Do Not Track” is Not the Answer

Stay N' Alive

The answer lies in the problem I stated above – the problem being that individual user information is being stored on 3rd party servers, without the control of users and assumed risk of relying on a 3rd party.

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Privacy is Not an On and Off Switch - "Do Not Track" is Not the Answer

Stay N' Alive

We saw this as Facebook made a temporary mistake earlier in 2010 when they launched Instant Personalization on 3rd party websites along with other 3rd party website features, but in doing so accidentally opened up a majority of their users private information with little notice to users (I did get an email warning of the change, however).

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3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website | Social Media Marketing.

Convince & Convert

Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages. I still think we live (as you would agree) in a Google-centric universe – at least in 2010. Build a website. Keep it updated.

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RIP 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website

Convince & Convert

Facebook’s opening of the API to searches (and the subsequent inclusion of Facebook content in Google, Bing, Yahoo search results) blunts the historical searchability advantage of Web pages. I still think we live (as you would agree) in a Google-centric universe – at least in 2010. Build a website. Keep it updated.

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