Facebook’s latest product launch has inspired an earnest rant from Om Malik regarding the social network’s privacy shortcomings. “Facebook Home should put privacy advocates on
alert, for this application erodes any idea of privacy,” Malik writes of the just-released mobile app. “If you install this, then it is very likely that Facebook is going to be able to
track your every move, and every little action.” Meanwhile, “Facebook’s history as a repeat offender on privacy … means that [users] need to be even more vigilant.”