Facebook and Privacy

Posted on December 13, 2009 
Filed Under Personal, Social Concern

Recently there was a change to Facebook’s privacy settings, and some folks willingly gave up a lot. I have to admit I almost made some mistakes in establishing new settings, but then I took the time to do some research.

Here’s an article detailing a bit of the issue, and explaining why the changes were made in the first place (one word, it seems: competition). Some users of the popular social service are upset about the changes and here’s one article, and another one, indicating why.

A helpful perspective and practical advice about just what you should do with the new privacy settings is here.

Bottom line: Far too many people offer too much personal information to too many people. And this new set up for Facebook just exacerbates that problem. As always, user beware.

And parents, if your kids have a Facebook account, make sure you educate them to this change – and to the dangers of being too lax about their personal information.

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