Yesterday, an AP story started out like this:

“WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI acknowledged it improperly accessed Americans’ telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, the fourth straight year of privacy abuses resulting from investigations aimed at tracking terrorists and spies.”

I don’t know about you, but I like my privacy…or at least the perception of privacy. I don’t have anything to hide but I still would like to feel like nobody is looking into my business. With so many privacy breaches occurring these last few years, it is as though our privacy has been thrown out the window. Most of the times, the claim is that our privacy has been violated to help win “the war on terror” (think: unlawful wiretaps, etc…), but to me it feels more like it’s been breached because the policies that do exist were created for a different time and are very outdated. Policies need to change from the ground up, and this means stepping on some toes and laying down a well defined line of what things are acceptable and what things aren’t acceptable.

Do you like your privacy being invaded like this? Read this article and tell me what you think.

Have you ever thought about the kinds of information that Facebook collects? Have you ever read Facebook’s privacy policy?
Well, maybe you should.

How do you feel about the way Facebook uses your information? Do you feel weired out by it? Why do you think Microsoft and other companies are eager to invest in Facebook? Has this post influenced how you feel about Facebook?