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Judge Confirms: You Have No Privacy. Get Over It.

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He was saying that our private information was already in the hands of credit card companies, health care providers, and so many other third parties, the notion that we control this information is flawed. All of the social networking leaders have stumbled. The best policy is to assume you have no privacy. Get over it.&#

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Facebook: Too Big to Fail

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You have to wonder why the Obama administration isn’t hinting at a bailout for Facebook in the event that the social network’s latest privacy kerfuffle threatens the very vitality of the global poking grid. Regulators are still mostly uncertain as to how current laws apply to social media/networking.

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Will Facebook Be the Next AOL?

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Similarly, I wrote a piece on Facebook Fan Pages in which I advised people to think of them as company Web pages residing within Facebook. One expensive option is through custom-built apps but these are beyond the reach of many small companies.). Consumers discontent with policies. Walled garden. Minimal user customization.

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Five Things to Do About Facebook Privacy Other Than Closing Your Account

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But we know they will, so until the climate changes, we need to understand the company’s stance, how we can protect ourselves, and how we can effect meaningful change. The principle regulator of social networking is, in the U.S., How would you bring about change in Facebook’s privacy policies?

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