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Long Live the Web, by Tim Berners-Lee |
• Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites represent 'one of several threats' to the future of the world wide web, its founder, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has recently warned :
 Tim Berners-Lee: Facebook could fragment web »
• The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity, and even our liberty. Like democracy itself, it needs defending. By Tim Berners-Lee :
Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality »
• When my mother joined Facebook (in order to see my photos; I helped her delete the account later), she was automatically added to my Facebook friend list. Now, let me tell you something: my Facebook is under lock and key. Every couple of days I go in and tweak the privacy settings, just to make sure that Facebook hasn't pulled a fast one on me. But all I had to do was send my mother one thing and she was automatically granted full access to my Facebook account. So, just think about this scenario for a second: you send an e-mail from your Facebook e-mail account to your boss. A client. A prospective employer. Your grandmother. And they can sign up for a Facebook account and see everything you've posted :
Facebook Messages: The Worst Thing That Ever Happened »
Author: Asterisk, for AZ10.com ~ 23 Nov 2010
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