Merc, do it ASAP. I'm not on facebook but am checking it out, and stuff I have read suggests that the default positions are for minimum privacy and maximum sharing. Also the settings are in several different menus and stuff.

Vanessa ... you berry wewcome. Fox news ... "very informative" bwahahahaaa.

I am just not sure I can find all the different menus to do it, I am not really FB savy. If anyone has any advice on where to do all the changes I would appreciate it.

tricksy Facebook tried to get everyone to open all their content to public. You need to go in and delete all that default settings.

Since Facebook has my real name on there, I deliberately keep my page very simple, family oriented, and open only to those who know my real name. Any potential employer would find nothing objectionable on there.

And NO, I'm not giving them all my fucking passwords to all my sites. No way, no how.

I don't do Facebook or MySpace or any of that other nonsense.

I've spent all these years avoiding being found on the internet, why should I change now?

I'm kinda with you wolf. However, I do use these sites but work hard to keep anything personally identifiable off of them.

EPIC joins the fight.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/18503..._of_words.html

A little more info about the issue.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...y_options.html

Interview with a Facebook insider. Interesting look at how it works and how it's changing. Also the people that work there.

wow - I bet that sort of thing goes on a lot more than we sheep realize.

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http://suicidemachine.org/


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From here

Its getting even worse ... Damn glad I don't play any of them.

Yeah, but if any of your friends play them, then your FB info is compromised already.

I think at this point, if anyone thinks there is anything private about what they put on FB, they have a serious lack of understanding about how FB works, regardless of their settings.

Well .... Shit then. I'm just gonna post my SS#. bank account info, PIN#'s address, phone and mothers maiden name along with all my passwords.
That way I won't worry that its being stolen. :greenface

I feel better about being pre-millennial now. Now I just need to edit my gazillion cellar posts...

I still don't have a FaceBook/Twitter account. I am unable to see anything useful in this system. I hate giving away any personnal information on the web.

I only maintain a Viadeo account for professional purpose.

And usually, if asked for an email, I provide one that is hosted by google/hotmail/whatever.