From The New York Times: Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority
More like selling out the consumer. From the article: “Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege.”
It also means you and I will end up paying more for Internet access, just like cable rates have risen to ridiculous heights over the years, because channel owners pay cable systems to launch channels, then force the consumer to pay for that channel whether they watch it or not.
Net neutrality will be a distant memory if this nonsense is allowed to happen.
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From the Christian Science Monitor: Privacy issues hit Facebook again
From the article: “Privacy concerns swirled around Facebook again after an employee of a firm called Skull Security compiled and released personal data on more than 100 million Facebook users, about a fifth of the site’s membership.”
Facebook is the Internet for people too lazy to set up their own pages (easily accomplished by almost every ISP around) and too confused to set privacy settings. Me, I’ll stick to publishing only what I wish here on my own corner of the Web, and protecting my readers and friends by not allowing data to flow from them without their expressed permission - only those who choose to post comments are exposed, and only what they wish to post.
Oh, yeah, and there’s only one small advertisement on this page, too, instead of boatloads that link to your private information. Facebook is just too creepy for my tastes.
