Why No One Is Surprised By Facebook, Twitter And Google Spying

Out of the fifty social networks tested in a recent experiment by High-Tech Bridge, six were found to be trawling links sent in private messages and emails.

The news that the top social networks have been spying on their users is . . . well, it’s not really news, is it?

Out of the fifty social networks tested in a recent experiment by High-Tech Bridge, six were found to be trawling links sent in private messages and emails.

Two of those caught were link-shortening services, so I guess we can let them off — that’s how they operate.

But for Facebook, Twitter, Google and Formspring, there really is no excuse.

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