Privacy is an Illusion

I found this interesting little piece of information in the New York Times late last week about the fact that Facebook's new ad platform could violate out of date state privacy laws. New York State statute states that "any person whose name, portrait, picture, or voice is used within this state for advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade without the written consent first obtained" can sue for damages.

This is interesting considering Facebook is planning on launching Social Ads by having friends recommend products and services to one another. Of course, they could get around all of this by simply adjusting their terms of service.