Facebook Masks Worse Privacy With New Interface 446
An anonymous reader writes "Facebook launched new privacy settings this week. Cosmetically, this means that the settings are explained more clearly and are marginally easier to manage. Unfortunately, some of the most significant changes actually make preserving privacy harder for its users: profile elements that could previously be restricted to 'Only Friends' are now designated as irrevocably publicly available: 'Publicly available information includes your name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, friend list, and Pages.' Where you could previously preserve the privacy of this information and remain publicly searchable only by name, Facebook now forces you to either give up this information (including your current city!) to anyone with a Facebook account, or to restrict your search visibility — which of course limits the usefulness of the site far beyond how not publicly sharing your profile picture would. That Facebook made this change while simultaneously rolling out major changes to the privacy settings interface seems disingenuous."
another upgrade (Score:5, Funny)
I guess it depends on what you want to use this for. Me, I want more attention, so it's all good.
Re:If you want privacy then don't use (Score:5, Funny)
If everyone knows my measurement, why do I keep getting penis enlargement spam?!
Re:If you want privacy then don't use (Score:5, Funny)
If everyone knows my measurement, why do I keep getting penis enlargement spam?!
Because everybody has been lying to you.
Sorry to break the news...
greg...let's go to the map! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Also makes social engineering harder (Score:1, Funny)
PS: Though the spelling error was present, you didn't add any grammatical errors to your post for my enjoyment, as promised in your signature. As a grammar nazi, I am terribly disappointed by this. Please try harder next time. Thanks! :)
Didn't you see the incorrectly capitalized word in the parent's signature? Of course, a "grammar nazi", your ties to the german (German?) language might make you more accepting of extraneous Capital Letters.
Re:DON'T LIKE iT? DOn'T USE IT !! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:If you want privacy then don't use (Score:3, Funny)
You answered your own question. ;)
Re:DON'T LIKE iT? DOn'T USE IT !! (Score:4, Funny)
Wrong answer, bright boy. DO NOT just delete an account, if you're concerned about privacy. The data remains on the server when you delete.
EDIT your account details FIRST. Change your name to Mickey Mouse, your address to something preposterous like 99999 Lost Highway, Bumfuck, Egypt.
Thanks for releasing my details, jerk.
Re:DON'T LIKE iT? DOn'T USE IT !! (Score:1, Funny)