A researcher has recently made available a database of 100 million Facebook users who have left their privacy settings on their profile at the default level as set by Facebook. His reasoning is to bring attention to the confusing privacy settings for end users. He has put the database out on the Bitorrent network.

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One thing that we all tend to overlook is the fact of how much we are being tracked on the internet. Especially by Google. Did you ever look at their icon? What do you see? I see a giant eye looking at me. And essentially that's what they are doing, how they make their money, watching, observing what people search for and then monetizing it. Let's face it, they know their business, kudos to them.

However, you don't have to help them, and in effect, you might be better off if you don't. Alternative search engines exist, and one of the safest and most private that I have found to date is Startpage.com It does not record your IP address and is completely private with no data captured. In this day and age where so many people are involved with viewing our data, it makes ...

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