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And then the article requires a Facebook account to comment.

"Hey look, we're quickly aggregating all of our personal data into one centralized place creating an obviously appealing target for authority as evidenced by this recent trend of college sports programs invading the privacy of students. Let's all talk about it on Facebook."

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Yes, this is one of the worst trends right now. It's one of the primary reasons I killed my Facebook account and null routed all Facebook on my home network.

Any site that requires Facebook as a login or comment function is dead to me.

I feel the same way, which makes me lucky that I opened a Spotify account when I did.

Its the reason I boycott techcrunch articles (aside from the lack of any editing).

I need a job more than I need to comment on a news article, though.

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