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Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

zdnet.com » 2008 » July » 25th » Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

Tagged: identity, social networking, privacy, virtual worlds, trust, anonymity

I’m not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you’ll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven, is insidious for at least three reasons: inaccuracies proliferate, privacy is frequently jeopardized, and users are required to invest considerable time and supply yet more personal data in an effort to remedy 1 and 2 … Continue Reading »

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