http://mikeenglish.net/blog/2010/05/22/crying-wolf-to-cash-in-on-the-zeitgeist/ passing thoughts of a professional problem solver Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mikeenglish.net/blog/2010/05/22/crying-wolf-to-cash-in-on-the-zeitgeist/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Mike English Sun, 23 May 2010 19:40:39 +0000 http://mikeenglish.net/blog/?p=182#comment-81 Supposedly there was some other privacy issue where Facebook had been sharing user information with advertisers, but the WSJ article mainly seems to attack the sending of referral urls, which is standard practice across the web. Regardless, the article, apparently intended to be a kind of exposé, reads as ignorant technophobia and detracts from more legitimate concerns. Supposedly there was some other privacy issue where Facebook had been sharing user information with advertisers, but the WSJ article mainly seems to attack the sending of referral urls, which is standard practice across the web. Regardless, the article, apparently intended to be a kind of exposé, reads as ignorant technophobia and detracts from more legitimate concerns.

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