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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Quora starts read tracking: I recommend no further
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Wed Aug 1 22:12:25 2012
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:56:07 -0700
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Quora starts read tracking: I recommend no further use of Quora
"Quora Will Now Publicly Show Who Has Read a Post"
http://j.mp/QgB6Yz (All Things D)
"Quora today is introducing a feature that shows which of its users
have read each Quora post, and how they found it. It's another move by
a social Web service to share passive activities, making the simple
act of looking at a page on Quora something that other people can
easily trace."
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Even with the ostensible controls, I unfortunately must recommend no
further use of Quora. Read tracking of this sort is way over the
creepy line. Goodbye, Quora.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
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