Library Thing. Wouldn't it be scary if you loaded on a hundred books and found someone on the other side of the world owned the exact same hundred books?
I was curious about what library thing did with this knowledge of my book collection. This is what they say in their privacy terms.
"LibraryThing will not sell any personally-identifiable information to any third party. This would be evil, and we are not evil."
The Empire used to say the same thing. Although it was ruled by Sith Lords ...
I guess if Library Thing was evil it wouldn't have a name like Library Thing. It would be called 'The Death Star Library Eliminator'.
"LibraryThing allows "private" libraries—libraries that others can't see. We promise to try hard to maintain this privacy. As a beta application and a wiggly one, we cannot give an absolute 100% guarantee of privacy. After all, even Amazon had a day when all their "anonymous" reviewers were exposed. (Many turned out to be the authors themselves, of course.)"
Really?! Authors review their own books on amazon.com? I never knew this. Wouldn't it be really messed up if you reviewed your own book and gave it a terrible review?
"LibraryThing will not cooperate with US law enforcement unless compelled to do so. If you are using LibraryThing from a foreign country with an oppressive government, LibraryThing urges you not to put yourself at risk. We certainly promise never to open up an office in China and actively filter sensitive political information and rat out dissidents, such as Yahoo does. Shame on them."
Good to know. Thank you, Library Thing.
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