Say goodbye to privacy:

WASHINGTON (AP) - A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy.

Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s private communications and financial information.

A recent story called Why is Everyone Connected With Google So Creepy exposes Google’s connection to a scheme to scan people’s DNA and extract medical information from it.
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Facebook is a rapidly growing social networking site. Here are some resources on why you should not use Facebook:

• Facebook Privacy Exposed — frightening details about Facebook’s privacy policy and the Facebook funding connections.
• CIA gets in your Facebook — “Since December 2006, the Central Intelligence Agency has been using Facebook.com, the popular social networking site, to recruit potential employees into its National Clandestine Service.”

Related story: Government to Datamine Social Networking Sites.