Chris Saad has a great article entitled “Top 3 Privacy issues for DataPortability on Social Networks” on the core issues at the center of the data portability debate. Asked for his top 3 concerns for privacy on social networks, Saad answered:

Perception
Control
Language

Chris’ second answer was the one that stuck with me. In his explanation, he said:
“Privacy” […]

Today’s big news is that Robert Scoble’s facebook account was disabled because he used an automated script to "scrape" his facebook contacts. Scoble says that he was alpha testing a new feature of Plaxo Pulse that allows Plaxo users to import contacts from facebook. But Scoble’s violation of the facebook terms of service and subsequent […]

Facebook deleted Robert Scoble’s profile because he was running an automated script to export his contacts. This is today’s big story…….or is it?
The real story here is data portability. It’s an issue that has been bubbling up under the surface with the rise of social networking. When you spend the time creating a network of […]

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