Thursday, May 6, 2010

Facebook and Privacy Concerns!

Undoubtedly, Facebook has become the most popular social networking websites of today. There are news that they are going to place their users info into ‘Pages’ or public forums. This is based on demographic and geographic information a user entered into their profile. Your privacy is questioned here because personal details of members of ‘Pages’ will be always public.

When you list an interest in your profile, Facebook will automatically add you to a page of users with this interest. This can happen with the users from same location too. Once a page is created and you are a member of this page, your information is either listed public or you will have to choose not to list.

Scene becomes ridiculous when you had blocked your boss from viewing your profile information and after joining a Facebook Page it becomes available. Imagine the situation when your boss sees that you have joined a forum named “My Stupid Boss”!!!

However, before linking your profile with any page, Facebook warns you. Make sure you choose to list in the right pages to keep your privacy. Most users might not be interested in listing pages according to their sex and religious views etc.

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