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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Heads-up: Scribd's Facebook alliance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Tue May 11 15:48:06 2010
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:23:01 -0700
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Heads-up: Scribd's Facebook alliance
It appears that there's yet another reason to avoid using Scribd's
( http://www.scribd.com ) services. Their klutzy interfaces and
gimmicks have long been an annoyance, but it seems that they've forged
a deep alliance with Facebook, to the extent that they're now pushing
Facebook logins for Scribd service access even in preference to their
own native logins.
It doesn't take a lot of imagination to guess why they've done this.
My suggestion: Don't store documents or other media with Scribd.
Period.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
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