Privacy advocates slam Facebook change

Jazzy · Post by **Jazzy** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:34 am

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Privacy advocates slammed revamped Facebook privacy controls on Thursday, saying the change masks a move to get members to expose more information online.

"These new privacy changes aren't so great for privacy," said Nicole Ozer, northern California technology and civil liberties policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) rights group.

"It's great that 350 million people are being asked to think about privacy, but if what Facebook says is true about giving people more control over their information, they have a lot more work to do."

Online rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) labeled aspects of Facebook's privacy change "downright ugly."

Story Link: Privacy advocates slam Facebook change - Yahoo! News

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:41 am

Jazzy;1272020 wrote: SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Privacy advocates slammed revamped Facebook privacy controls on Thursday, saying the change masks a move to get members to expose more information online.

"These new privacy changes aren't so great for privacy," said Nicole Ozer, northern California technology and civil liberties policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) rights group.

"It's great that 350 million people are being asked to think about privacy, but if what Facebook says is true about giving people more control over their information, they have a lot more work to do."

Online rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) labeled aspects of Facebook's privacy change "downright ugly."

Story Link: Privacy advocates slam Facebook change - Yahoo! News

I saw they updated it last night, but didn't see any real changes?

maybe there is more to come as it was just the usual stuff.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:48 pm

Interesting, Jazzy. That was my impression. We were in fact being led towards accepting less privacy than before. I still think FB is a great tool, but there ain't such a thing as a free lunch.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:50 pm

AussiePam;1272171 wrote: Interesting, Jazzy. That was my impression. We were in fact being led towards accepting less privacy than before. I still think FB is a great tool, but there ain't such a thing as a free lunch.

I was on the verge of killing my profile but I've taken the time to go through all of the options to set them back to the level of privacy I want.

I get the impression that many people will not bother and, by default, get far more exposure than they're expecting.

Barman · Post by **Barman** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:02 pm

Bryn Mawr;1272197 wrote: I was on the verge of killing my profile but I've taken the time to go through all of the options to set them back to the level of privacy I want.

I get the impression that many people will not bother and, by default, get far more exposure than they're expecting.

Try killing your profile Bryn, impossible.

Just chuck the old password back in and up comes all the info.

I have deleted my FB account, i bet if i typed my old password in the whole lot would come back, once registered you are there for good.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:39 pm

Okay now that's scary .....big brother at it again disguised as internet gurus' and internet entepenuers

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:42 pm

Barman;1272203 wrote: Try killing your profile Bryn, impossible.

Just chuck the old password back in and up comes all the info.

I have deleted my FB account, i bet if i typed my old password in the whole lot would come back, once registered you are there for good.

I just have and, as you say, they still hold my data.

I am taking this further in an attempt to force them to delete it - I'll let you know how I get on.

Barman · Post by **Barman** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:56 pm

Bryn Mawr;1272230 wrote: I just have and, as you say, they still hold my data.

I am taking this further in an attempt to force them to delete it - I'll let you know how I get on.

Appreciated, i will be most interested in the end result.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:12 pm

Bryn Mawr;1272197 wrote: I was on the verge of killing my profile but I've taken the time to go through all of the options to set them back to the level of privacy I want.

I get the impression that many people will not bother and, by default, get far more exposure than they're expecting.

This is very true Bryn, you have to take time and go through all of them, I think many don't realize just how many settings fb offers.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:58 pm

Barman;1272239 wrote: Appreciated, i will be most interested in the end result.

Apparently it can be done but the link is well hidden :-

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.ph ... te_account

I am no more, I have ceased to be, I am an ex Facebook :wah:

Barman · Post by **Barman** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:29 pm

Bryn Mawr;1272978 wrote: Apparently it can be done but the link is well hidden :-

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.ph ... te_account

I am no more, I have ceased to be, I am an ex Facebook :wah:

Thank you, i will be deleted very shortly.