Woke up this morning and found that my privacy was being held up at gunpoint by facebook once again. Really annoyed as it was one of those moments where I'd pressed the 'continue' button instead of the 'skip this step' one in a bleary eyed way and finding myself in the position where all my friends could be seen by everyone. Looked around for a while to find a way of getting rid of them from my profile and just to help the rest of you out there who may not know, once you sign in to your profile, click on the pencil above your friends list and uncheck the box that says 'show friends on profile'....this works at the moment, don't know how long for, but I, like many people, do prefer to keep this list private.
Apparently this has been done to keep up with Twitter in its ability to make connections more transparent, but facebook should be clear that people enjoy at least a little privacy even if it is all a facade. It is true that these people do hold a lot of information about us and do control it and can use it anyway they wish, which is what we signed up to. It isn't your facebook profile, its facebooks profile about you, but my main concern is a couple of psycho ex-girlfriends and some not too pleasant villains who'd probably enjoy this extra access to my personal life. Anyhow, check you settings people and give away what you feel comfortable with.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
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