It was very depressing to hear that the 'media that watches you' can even delete books from your Kindle device. That was sad news for me.In addition:

1. I am also interested in Peter's question, above.

2. In the context of listening to this speech, and our other class discussions, it has been interesting to observe peoples' reactions to Facebook's proposed new data use policy which they circulated to all Facebook users in the past few weeks. There has been a general sense of unease and discomfit (resulting in odd FB posts where people employ fake legalese in an effort to protect their 'rights'.) However, once again, it is unclear whether this will be translated to people leaving Facebook or changing their behavior in any way. I have read through the proposed new data use policy and it is worth noting that their policy in respect to capturing information about you when you visit other websites does not appear to 'change' at all under the proposed guidelines (as referred to in Professor Moglen's speech). In both the current and proposed versions, it is clear that Facebook will collect this information: the devil you know (or sort of know), is the same as the proposed devil! For those interested, the proposed version reads: "We receive data whenever you visit a game, application, or website that uses Facebook Platform or visit a site with a Facebook feature (such as a social plugin), sometimes through cookies. This may include the date and time you visit the site; the web address, or URL, you're on; technical information about the IP address, browser and the operating system you use; and, if you are logged in to Facebook, your User ID. Sometimes we get data from our affiliates or our advertising partners, customers and other third parties that helps us (or them) deliver ads, understand online activity, and generally make Facebook better. For example, an advertiser may tell us information about you (like how you responded to an ad on Facebook or on another site) in order to measure the effectiveness of - and improve the quality of - ads.

-- GillianWhite - 29 Nov 2012