Moglen: Facebook Is A Man-In-The-Middle Attack

jfruh writes: "In an email exchange with privacy blogger Dan Tynan, Columbia law professor Eben Moglen referred to Facebook as a "man in the middle attack" — that is, a service that intercepts communication between two parties and uses it for its own nefarious purposes. Tynan is a critic of Facebook, but he thinks Moglen is overstating the case."