JS_Harris - 7:10 am on Apr 7, 2008 (gmt 0)

Your information gets compromised when major companies you deal with for email (example) buy other internet assets you use (like social networks, video sites etc).

You've never given the social sites all of your information, but when it's merged with the email provider - it shows up on the social network which deals with other social networks.

All of the major social networks are either owned by or have popular apps designed for the major internet companies.

Perhaps it's time to ditch gmail and yahoo! email addresses, unless you want all your info on feedburner, mybloglog etc...