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The 'friends' of others: how Facebook makes stalkers of us all

The only thing worse than being stalked is not being stalked, as the chap almost put it

7 December 2013

9:00 AM

7 December 2013

9:00 AM

It’s become a given: we are all stalkers now. Thanks to Google, Twitter, Facebook and the fact that absolutely nobody seems to have the faintest idea about privacy settings, it is easier to keep track of people on the other side of the world than ever it was to snoop on a village neighbour from behind the safety of a lace curtain.

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Virginia Blackburn is a  journalist and writer living in London. 

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