Facebook Being Sued Over Mining of Private Messages 170
Kimomaru writes "Two Facebook users are trying to start a class action lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly mining information from private messages with the intention of selling is to advertisers (full complaint PDF). It's not the first time a social medial player has been in the press over privacy or security issues. But when the services are provided free of charge, does the user have a realistic expectation of privacy or security, especially when it's understood that the user's data is being mined for advertising? If not, should social media networks be allowed to use words like 'private' (as in private messaging) or 'security' to describe their services?"
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
If i send a private message to someone on facebook, I feel I deserve the same level of privacy as if I was using gmail to send it.
Re:Realistic expectations... (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah... aren't they supposed to be made from vegans?