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Which is longer? Facebook Privacy Policy or The U.S. Constitution

By Young Koh | Published: January 27, 2011
Here’s a nice graphic from the New York Times that charts the growth of Facebook’s privacy policy. How much does the entire Internet know about your personal life? Here is how much As a user you are not Facebook’s customer. You are its product. Facebook sells its product (your data) to the advertisers who are [...]
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Somebody pull his head out of his arse already.

By Young Koh | Published: November 16, 2010
Will Zuck’s arrogance ever see an end? Facebook claims that their new messaging system will render e-mails and phone numbers obsolete. How are they planning to achieve this exactly? I don’t know. Maybe someday phone numbers or e-mails as we know it will become useless. But it surely won’t be because of Facebook. Not that [...]
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You won’t find me on Facebook

By Young Koh | Published: May 7, 2010
Why don’t I own a Facebook account? Because I don’t want my life, relationships, likes or dislikes, interests, buying habits, thoughts or goals in life to be monetized by a corporation. Especially by a corporation run by a kid who doesn’t value personal privacy except his own. I don’t want to agree to a Terms [...]
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Is social media making us anti-social?

By Young Koh | Published: February 10, 2010
I believe technology should enrich our lives, make our everyday a bit more interesting and garnish the life we already have as humans in a society. It should not be something that enslaves us. Look what’s happening around you. Many so called ‘social’ media is actually making people anti-social. The addiction toward technology and social [...]
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