Decentralized Social Networking: Diaspora

Jim Dwyer reports: "They have called their project Diaspora* and intend to distribute the software free, and to make the code openly available so that other programmers can build on it. As they describe it, the Diaspora* software will let users set up their own personal servers, called seeds, create their own hubs and fully control the information they share."

Facebook Data Mines Info After Users Quit

Joe Moe reports: "…you can…delete your account once and for all. You’ll never see that data again. But Facebook will. They still have that information and will continue to use it for data mining."

Facebook's Anti-Privacy Backlash Gains Ground

Yikes! Other people can eavesdrops on Facebook chats now!


"The backlash against Facebook's new anti-privacy policies is only getting stronger. It's time for the social network to respond." --Robert X. Cringely, Infoworld 

Congress asked to push Facebook probe

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2010 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A number of privacy watchdog groups this week urged Congress to push a federal investigation of Facebook's new privacy policy.
The watchdog groups included the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, the Center for Digital Democracy, the Center for Financial Privacy and Human Rights, the Center for Media and Democracy, the Consumer Federation of America, the Consumer Task Force for Automotive Issues, Consumer Watchdog, the Foolproof Initiative, Patient Privacy Rights, Privacy Activism, Privacy Journal, the Privacy Rights Clearing House, the United States Bill of Rights Foundation and U.S. PIRG, PC Magazine said.