Security/identity · 2010-12-10

The price for free online service, down to the last decimal

I’ve been thinking lately that websites should display a pie chart showing what you’re really paying for “free” online services, just to show that it really does always add up to 100%. Something like this:

Price for Using Our 'Free' Service

Now Drummond points us to the world’s first truly honest privacy policy. A taste:

Remember, when you visit our Web site, our Web site is also visiting you. And we’ve brought a dozen or more friends with us, depending on how many ad networks and third-party data services we use.

Read the whole thing if you want to know exactly how to fit the price into your web-surfing budget.