Given Scribd's dodgy reputation (for example, http://blog.ericgoldman.org/personal/archives/2010/09/scribd_puts_my.html http://blog.ericgoldman.org/personal/arc

Given Scribd's dodgy reputation (for example, http://blog.ericgoldman.org/personal/archives/2010/09/scribd_puts_my.html http://blog.ericgoldman.org/personal/archives/2010/09/scribd...) I was curious to see what they'd do with Instant Personalization which has a high creepiness factor even on a good day. True to form, they didn't disappoint. I've been tracking the security/privacy problems with Instant Personalization for a while; my recent post might be relevant: http://33bits.org/2010/09/28/instant-personalization-privacy-flaws/ http://33bits.org/2010/09/28/instant-personalization-privacy... I'm also curious to see how things will turn out when a whole bunch of YC startups get Instant Personalization access, as YCRFS7 promises.