alt Hacker NewsFlock charges to access the data which is voluntarily shared by other customers. I am struggling to note a difference in this practice from any other data brokerage service in existence.
Does Flock do some kind of P2P dance to avoid the data transiting their systems?
Legally how does it work if I upload a file to Google Docs and then share it with my contacts? Is Google then a data brokerage for my files?