You gotta figure any Web 2.0 startup is at least filled with adolescent hands-in-the-cookie-jar types who love to peep and sneak at all sorts of data. I can’t even imagine what probably went on (or still does go on?) at Google (”Hey, check out what (insert Zealot Senator) is Googling now…!”) but when Microsoft begins to valuate you at $15 Billion, that puts an almost sun-like spotlight right on your corporate practices, now doesn’t it?
Scoop: Facebook employees know what profiles you look at”
My friend got a call from her friend at Facebook, asking why she kept looking at his profile,” says a privacy-conscious source at a major tech company. Turns out Facebook employees can and do check out anyones profile. Not only that, but they also see which profiles a user has viewed — a major privacy violation. If youve been obsessed with a workmate or classmate, Facebook employees know. If Barack Obamas intern has been using the campaign account to troll for hotties, Facebook employees know. Within the company, its considered a job perk, and employees check this data for fun.
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