Privacy advocates slam Facebook Privacy Changes  

Posted by Dr. Raj Murthy in ,

Facebook's recent privacy changes are not quite as nice as they sound. Facebook recently began asking users to refine their settings using a new tool, however the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a privacy watchdog, argues that the general push is for members to expose information and not hide it from others. The sheer complexity of the decisions may not be the right direction for the members of Facebook as it appears that Facebook wants to put much more information out there for the public eye to see, much more than just your name and the network you belong to today. Is this a move in the right direction or is this merely being taken out of content? Read more here and decide.

1 comments

Kayla Himelein   says December 15, 2009 at 5:32 PM

Before reading this post I was definitely in favor of the new Facebook privacy settings, but now I'm quite skeptical.

It's interesting to look at Facebook's recent direction. It appears they are trying to meet the demands of users by allowing them to customize who they want to see certain things and when, however, Facebook is looking out for it's own self-interest. For users you are trying to get more privacy but for company's looking to buy this information, you are giving more information than you probably ever would. It makes me a lot less trusting of Facebook and it's intentions.

Personally, I probably won't stop using this networking site, but I will now hesitate before using it's privacy settings (or any other website's) for the simple reason that there is always going to be something in it for the website.

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post

Categories

Followers