"We're in a bus and it's night, you opened up and so will I but though I'm good with words I've never been good with...words."
- Hello Saferide
According to an article on Wired, Facebook has debuted Facebook Connect, a one-stop sign-in for social networking and interaction sites including Facebook, Digg, and Vimeo that could give OpenID a run for its money.
So what’s the big deal? Like so many other things with Facebook, it’s not as innocent as it seems.
By making a deal with these connectors–several of which include US universities–Facebook is able to gather even more data than you willfully give it every time you log in and “Become a fan” of things. Think those targeted ads are eerily personal now? Just wait a few months.
