Facebook.com, stung last week by the wrath of members who want to sever their relationships, trips again when it tries to let them do so. The New York Times
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And from articles I've read beginning with the company's genesis up to its latest 'lapses', it appears that everything starts at the top.
It's sort of the anti-Google. Not that Google is all good but it started out with an explicit effort to define its ethical boundaries. Facebook on the other hand seems to have started out with no cares at all about what its ethical boundaries are. Their chief method of developing an ethical map is by bumping up against the limits and finding out how many people squawk at their ethical breaches. This is basically how a sociopath learns how to operate in society.
MIT creates a simulation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spacewar. A relic of the early days of minicomputers, it was one of the first computer video games and set the stage for many others, including Asteroids.
A study by Harlequin--yes, the romantic-book people--says more women are sending naughty texts (shocking) and that 27 percent have sent a nude picture via e-mail or text.
Tor's "obfsproxy" technology would make encrypted data look innocuous and let it dodge government censors. That could help citizens in Iran reach blocked sites as antigovernment protests reportedly loom.
It's sort of the anti-Google. Not that Google is all good but it started out with an explicit effort to define its ethical boundaries. Facebook on the other hand seems to have started out with no cares at all about what its ethical boundaries are. Their chief method of developing an ethical map is by bumping up against the limits and finding out how many people squawk at their ethical breaches. This is basically how a sociopath learns how to operate in society.
public bathroom wall then complaining when they can't paint over
it.
If you don't want the world knowing your business, don't publish it.