Tag: Facebook
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Facebook’s metaverse megalomania reflects a revulsion for humanity
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Andrew Orlowski
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“Divine task! Immortal mission!” enthused one excited American politician in 1846. William Gilpin was promoting a doctrine that became known as Manifest Destiny – the idea that Americans were both divinely chosen and uniquely equipped to conquer new territory, and should do so without delay. Urged on by exhortations “to animate the many hundred millions…
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Facebook: Privatising the internet, one Poke at a time
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Andrew Orlowski
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The world has been pretty slow to wake up to the power of Facebook and Google, web services with the power to make internet standards disappear faster than a Poke. But maybe people will sit up now. Mark Zuckerberg’s embrace and extend attitude doesn’t just encompass your data – but email protocols too. And there’s…
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I’m in privacy trouble … bitch
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Andrew Orlowski
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Three weeks ago, Facebook unveiled a three prong strategy to monetize its active base of 50m users. (See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/09/facebook_analysis/.) It hasn’t taken long for one those prongs to go prang. Facebook’s privacy-busting referral scheme called Beacon is to be modified. If you buy something elsewhere on the web, this information is piped back into your…
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I’m a walking billboard… bitch
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Andrew Orlowski
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On Wednesday, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg boasted that the “next 100 years” of advertising began here. On the face of it, it looked like Web 2.0 had found its “Long Boom” moment. Facebook has yet to turn a profit, so Zuckerberg hardly seems in a position to advise other people how to make money –…
