<i>It used to be that the FBI keeping a file open on somebody famous was considered scandal-worthy. Now FaceBook keeps much more personal information on all of us and people don't bat an eye about it.</i><p>That's a really good observation. People who are below a certain age don't have much perspective on<p>a) how mundane most information in FBI files always has been,<p>and<p>b) how much more pervasively personal information about most people is now shared by computerized networks than it was shared by small town gossip.