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Facebook is the target of a bicoastal "flash mob" protest tomorrow as privacy activists take a stand for user privacy protections - right as FacebookA readies to go public .

BOSTON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent reports show that millions of Facebook users are becoming increasingly aware of and concerned about their online privacy and are actively altering their privacy settings as a result.

If you're reading this on the Internet, chances are you're being followed. More than 200 data collection companies and ad networks use approximately 600 different tracking technologies to gather and sell information on people's web habits, according to Abine, an online privacy firm that tracks the trackers.

If the recent debates around the Federal Trade Commission's call for a Do-Not-Track tool have you concerned about online privacy, computer security firm AVG recently announced a new do-not-track feature for Windows.

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