Facebook Changes Privacy Options

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Chances are you may have seen the Facebook pop-up which asks you to update your privacy settings. In an ideal world these changes would be for the benefit of the user but, Facebook has changed it's privacy options in order to allow more information to be shared online. Their hope is that users will allow more of their information to be viewed by the masses and keep less information to themselves and specific friends.

These changes are not for the individual user's benefit. They are about generating more users and maximizing advertising. Facebook is hoping that the user will stay with the default settings given, in the security pop-up, and not change them to the "Old Settings" option provided.

Facebook insists that it has gone out of its way to inform its users that the privacy settings were changing. It also points out that the privacy settings can be kept, just as they are now if the user specifies that they are to be kept. The problem in the eyes of the user groups is that the default or recommended settings opens the profiles up to many more viewers.



Bottom Line; Do not keep the recommended settings, but do check the boxes to keep your old settings intact. Routinely check your privacy settings.

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