1.0 link 72687 <![CDATA[Facebook's Privacy Default]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-weinberger/facebooks-privacy-default_b_72687.html With its new advertising infrastructure, Facebook is being careful to protect privacy of information. But they are bucking &mdash; and perhaps helping to transform &mdash; the norms of privacy. At its most basic, Facebook is getting the defaults wrong.

The new ad infrastructure enables Facebook to extend their reach onto other companies' sites. For example, if you rent a copy of "Biodome" from Blockbuster.com, Blockbuster will look for a Facebook cookie on your computer. If it finds one, it will send a ping to Facebook. The Blockbuster site...

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