Calling Facebook on its Empty PR

Those of you who read Mark Zuckerberg's oped in today's Washington Post might appreciate my take on how Facebook talks about privacy in tomorrow's San Francisco Chronicle: The Privacy Machiavellis.

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By Marion Delgado (not verified) on 26 May 2010 #permalink

Washington Post might appreciate my take on how Facebook talks about privacy in tomorrow's San Francisco Chronicle: The Privacy Machiavellis. Good

I believe this is an interesting cover-up of what we already knew: privacy is money and corporations like Apple, FB, MS are at war with each other. The playground are we - the average user, and in the end it's all about power, control, and profits. It's scary how big these companies are getting!
Thanks for sharing!