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The recent kerfluffle about Facebook’s beacon has gotten Karen thinking about Web 2.0 and privacy issues. Inherently Web 2.0 means putting more of yourself out there on the web. She says...

Libraries can learn a great deal about user expectations and privacy by looking at the successes and failures of companies in the Web 2.0 space. The main lesson that can be taken away thus far is that privacy is not an all or nothing proposition for users. Users are willing to trade some privacy rights for an service which adds benefit for them. However...