Recently, I wrote about who owned your online identity, and today, I came across an article about Google et al, and the amount of information they gather as we trip through the internet.
According to Fortune Magazine, “Google & Co. gather a lot of information about you as you surf, including the date and time for your search, your search terms, and your IP address, which is an 11-digit number that identifies your computer and, more important as far as advertisers are concerned, your location.” [source]
At first, I didn’t think much of this. Yeah, ok, so Google (or Yahoo, or …read more

Facebook Connect.  Myspace Data Portability. Google Friend Connect. All of these individual services are supposed to be there to help you manage the fire hose of information that comes to you through your social graphs, but who owns that information?
The idea behind Facebook Connect and all of the other connect services, is to make all of the social media sites easier to use. Basically, the thought is that users will be able to log onto other websites using their Facebook ID, and see their friends’ activities on other sites as well. They’re also giving members the chance to broadcast their …read more