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Facebook’s Bet on Privacy. Would you buy Facebook shares?

Facebook’s Bet on Privacy

A few weeks ahead of its mammoth IPO, millions of people probably dream of getting a slice of it. Spreadsheet jockeys have done their job and demonstrated with unanimous conclusiveness that, indeed, Facebook deserves its expected $100 billion valuation — or that gravity’s law will inevitably apply. Facebook numbers are both fascinating and frightening. The social network will pass the 1 billion members mark this year and the capillarity of its services is creating an alternate internet before our very eyes. Instagram purchase causes Facebook privacy fears. Instagram purchase gives Facebook "new world of data" Photos tell marketers where you are and what you do More tailored ads on the way Instagram contains information about users’ image locations and places they visit.

Instagram purchase causes Facebook privacy fears

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