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Facebook is a Privacy Nightmare 1

Posted by Prolific Programmer Fri, 02 May 2008 17:39:00 GMT

Many people seem to think Facebook is a privacy nightmare. Well, BBC confirmed it:

When you add an application, unless you say otherwise, it is given access to most of the information in your profile. That includes information you have on your friends even if they think they have tight security settings.

While we could not get all details, what we did get, included his name, hometown, school, interests and photograph, would certainly help us to steal someone's identity.

When does the other shoe drop, ie when will my carrot realise that Facebook is a bad idea?

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