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Re:Big brother is here, and his name is Facebook by kristianc on Saturday August 12, 2017 @06:52PM (#15000475)
> By running its platform on top of blockchain technology, Nexus integrates social networking, crowdfunding, and even e-commerce features embedded. Nexus is aiming to “eliminate all invasion of privacy that large corporation are currently performing” according to its founder, Jade Mulholland.

So the big plan to avoid Facebook's privacy creep is to put everything on an immutable, publicly accessible record which you don't control? Okay.

Re:Big brother is here, and his name is Facebook by machineman44 on Sunday August 13, 2017 @02:44AM (#15001819)
I know right... Everywhere I turn, I hear people preaching about "blockchain technology" and it's ability to "increase privacy" ... I die a little inside every time...