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Facebook's Response To Privacy Concerns: "If You're Not Comfortable Sharing, Don't."

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5/13/10 at 7:32am
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Elliot Schrage, vice president for public policy at Facebook, responded to questions from concerned users about recent changes to Facebook's privacy settings in a post at The New York Times.

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5/13/10 at 7:39am
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Re: Facebook's Response To Privacy Concerns: "If You're Not Comfortable Sharing, Don'

I recently got stung by this. I joined a group that I thought was private. It was private a week ago. I tested it thoroughly. Yesterday, I Googled my name and found a post with my name on it in the supposedly very private board. I looked up the names of other people on the board and their names popped up even more than mine! I deleted my account permanently. I liked Facebook, but I can live without it. I had my privacy settings on the highest levels in all categories. I checked my privacy settings several times a week. I was careful, but I joined one little board and now - something I felt was private is no longer private.
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5/13/10 at 7:48am
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Re: Facebook's Response To Privacy Concerns: "If You're Not Comfortable Sharing, Don'

Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking

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The new opt-out settings certainly are complex. Facebook users who hope to make their personal information private should be prepared to spend a lot of time pressing a lot of buttons. To opt out of full disclosure of most information, it is necessary to click through more than 50 privacy buttons, which then require choosing among a total of more than 170 options.
The Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking - NYTimes.com
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post #4 of 4
5/13/10 at 11:38pm

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I simply don't post anything I don't want the world to know. I posted here about Drew, but no way would I post it on FB.
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