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Facebook: You're Not the Customer but the Product

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Facebook: You're Not the Customer but the Product May 12, 2011 7:04:42 GMT -5

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Post by kas on May 12, 2011 7:04:42 GMT -5

Facebook: You're Not the Customer, You're the Product

techland.time.com/2010/10/15/facebook-youre-not-the-customer-youre-the-product/

Speaking at the RSA Europe security conference in London on Tuesday, the BT Counterpane CTO cited Facebook as the most heinous example of social networks cashing in on users' openness toward sharing personal details. "Don't make the mistake of thinking you're Facebook's customer, you're not – you're the product," Schneier said. "Its customers are the advertisers."

Whole article is here:

www.information-age.com/channels/security-and-continuity/news/1290603/facebook-is-deliberately-killing-privacy-says-schneier.thtml

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Last Edit: May 12, 2011 7:05:28 GMT -5 by kas

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