Massachusetts woman sues over Gmail snooping

""In order to target advertisements to Gmail users," the suit alleges, "Google intercepts electronic communications to and from Gmail users with a device, without prior consent of the non-Gmail users," a violation of a Massachusetts wiretapping law.

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Is Facebook growth stalling in North America?

"Moving into China would be one way to insure its goal of reaching 1 billion active users, Eldon wrote. But agreeing to the terms that likely would come from the country's Communist regime might also hurt Facebook's popularity back home."
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See also:

Facebook loses in UK

Facebook loses more in Canada

Facebook facial recognition activation without warning

Behind Facebook: A New World Order Agenda?

NutriSmart prototype embeds RFID tags directly within food, traces your lunch from start to finish (video)

"RFID tags are already used to trace everything from poker chips to hotel towels, but what if these little pellets were embedded directly within your lunch, providing everything you'd ever wanna know about that ham sandwich you're about to beast?"
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Note:  I wonder if we're already eating these without knowing it - after all - is is historical fact that other reckless experiments have been conducted on populations without their knowledge.  Why not RFID tags?

Apple iPhone, iPad secretly tracking your location

"Watch this creepy video created by Allen that shows his July 2010 Amtrak trip from Washington D.C. to New York using data points culled from the iPhone Tracker software."CLICK HERE FOR MORE

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Note:  Apparently starting with IOS 4 the device captures about 100 data points per day so government workers can see where you were and which networks your phone connected to along the way.

 I often wonder what a pathetic existence it must be to go to work as a professional peeping Thom - getting paid for it - and how one explains to their kids that they are spying on their fellow citizens who've never committed a crime - most of whom will not ever actually do anything wrong.  My guess is that the pathetic little government workers must first convince themselves that they are doing something "good" by spying on their neighbors, reinforcing these errant beliefs with television fantasies of their contribution to the "war effort."  That way by lying to themselves - and believing their own bullshit - they are not really lying to their kids when they tell them they are doing "good" at work.  How sad.

The potential for blackmailing public officials whether elected or beurocrat comes to mind.  Witchhunts and fishing expeditions mining for tidbits of information that have potential use as a lever to coerce someone to keep their mouth shut would be easy to dig up.

Yes - this is ideal for controlling the masses and keeping potential whistleblowers quiet, politicians and honest cops off one's back and the rest of it.