Comments on: Complete Facebook Privacy Settings Checklist http://www.cleancutmedia.com/internet/complete-facebook-privacy-settings-checklist Influences of Media & Pop Culture on Our Worldview. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: LINDA CAMPBELL http://www.cleancutmedia.com/internet/complete-facebook-privacy-settings-checklist/comment-page-1#comment-25801 LINDA CAMPBELL Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:57:16 +0000 http://www.cleancutmedia.com/?p=2687#comment-25801 facebook will not let me change to https???? what can I do to change it says I changed it?? tell me how to fix this problem..I want my suff to be secure on here..thank you facebook will not let me change to https???? what can I do to change it says I changed it?? tell me how to fix this problem..I want my suff to be secure on here..thank you

]]> By: M.Mcloud http://www.cleancutmedia.com/internet/complete-facebook-privacy-settings-checklist/comment-page-1#comment-15026 M.Mcloud Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:59:54 +0000 http://www.cleancutmedia.com/?p=2687#comment-15026 Great article. However, I agree with Peter's comment that one of the biggest problems is that the information is pretty much public BEFORE you have started. I prefer 'default deny' to 'default allow'. Privacy concerns become security concerns if identity theft is enabled by the careless attitudes of both FB and its users. As for your question regarding what the other dangers maybe, a Sydney teenager was allegedly killed by a man who befriended her on FB. There were some hints that he used information gleaned from her profile to convince her to meet with him. This is an outlier, definitely, but still makes me think that we are too trusting on the whole and just not aware of how much power our data has in our lives. I'd also disagree(respectfully, of course!) with your comment: "If you have odd activities or interests that you don’t want your co-workers, your mom, or your children to know… then… actually you probably shouldn’t be doing those things!.." What if you live in an opressed state/community and are doing things that they would not approve of? My favourite example: http://thecowardlyatheist.blogspot.com/2009/09/bible-or-quran.html Like so many things, the strengths of interacting on the web can potentially be its weaknesses. Great article. However, I agree with Peter’s comment that one of the biggest problems is that the information is pretty much public BEFORE you have started. I prefer ‘default deny’ to ‘default allow’. Privacy concerns become security concerns if identity theft is enabled by the careless attitudes of both FB and its users.
As for your question regarding what the other dangers maybe, a Sydney teenager was allegedly killed by a man who befriended her on FB. There were some hints that he used information gleaned from her profile to convince her to meet with him. This is an outlier, definitely, but still makes me think that we are too trusting on the whole and just not aware of how much power our data has in our lives.

I’d also disagree(respectfully, of course!) with your comment:

“If you have odd activities or interests that you don’t want your co-workers, your mom, or your children to know… then… actually you probably shouldn’t be doing those things!..”

What if you live in an opressed state/community and are doing things that they would not approve of? My favourite example:
http://thecowardlyatheist.blogspot.com/2009/09/bible-or-quran.html

Like so many things, the strengths of interacting on the web can potentially be its weaknesses.

]]> By: cleancutmedia http://www.cleancutmedia.com/internet/complete-facebook-privacy-settings-checklist/comment-page-1#comment-14794 cleancutmedia Thu, 27 May 2010 15:43:18 +0000 http://www.cleancutmedia.com/?p=2687#comment-14794 facebook just gave their official statement about the new policy changes to make it easier for people to control what they show (see below): "Facebook will roll out changes today that will make it easier for our users to understand and control their privacy settings. As this change will have an impact on our users, we wanted to let you, a valued advertising partner, know about it. Please note that this change will not affect your advertising campaigns and there is no action required on your part.

 Facebook is a company that moves quickly, constantly innovating and launching new products to improve the user experience. The feedback we heard from users was that in our efforts to innovate, some of our privacy settings h ad become confusing.
 
 We believe in listening to our users and taking their feedback into account whenever possible. We think the following changes address these concerns by providing users with more control over their privacy settings and making them more simple to use.

 Starting today, Facebook will: 
 * Provide an easy-to-use "master" control that enables users to set who can see the content they share through Facebook. This enables users to choose, with just one click, the overall privacy level they're comfortable with for the content they share on Facebook. Of course, users can still use all of the granular controls we've always offered, if they wish.
 * Significantly reduce the amount of information that must be visible to everyone on Facebook. Facebook will no longer require that users' friends and connections are visible to everyone. Only Name, Profile Picture, Networks and Gender must be publicly available. Users can opt to make all other connections private.

 * Make it simple to control whether other applications and websites access any user information. While a majority of our users love Facebook apps and Facebook-enhanced websites, some may prefer not to share their information outside of Facebook. Users can now opt out with just one click.
" facebook just gave their official statement about the new policy changes to make it easier for people to control what they show (see below):

“Facebook will roll out changes today that will make it easier for our users to understand and control their privacy settings. As this change will have an impact on our users, we wanted to let you, a valued advertising partner, know about it. Please note that this change will not affect your advertising campaigns and there is no action required on your part.



Facebook is a company that moves quickly, constantly innovating and launching new products to improve the user experience. The feedback we heard from users was that in our efforts to innovate, some of our privacy settings h ad become confusing.
 


We believe in listening to our users and taking their feedback into account whenever possible. We think the following changes address these concerns by providing users with more control over their privacy settings and making them more simple to use.



Starting today, Facebook will: 

* Provide an easy-to-use “master” control that enables users to set who can see the content they share through Facebook. This enables users to choose, with just one click, the overall privacy level they’re comfortable with for the content they share on Facebook. Of course, users can still use all of the granular controls we’ve always offered, if they wish.

* Significantly reduce the amount of information that must be visible to everyone on Facebook. Facebook will no longer require that users’ friends and connections are visible to everyone. Only Name, Profile Picture, Networks and Gender must be publicly available. Users can opt to make all other connections private.


*
Make it simple to control whether other applications and websites access any user information. While a majority of our users love Facebook apps and Facebook-enhanced websites, some may prefer not to share their information outside of Facebook. Users can now opt out with just one click.
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]]> By: Peter Tseng http://www.cleancutmedia.com/internet/complete-facebook-privacy-settings-checklist/comment-page-1#comment-14781 Peter Tseng Wed, 26 May 2010 22:50:19 +0000 http://www.cleancutmedia.com/?p=2687#comment-14781 The main issue is that Facebook wants people to opt-out rather than opt-in to them sharing your information. Facebook's business interests (monetizing data) are at odds with their users' interests (privacy), and will always be. I'm sure they can make money in ways that don't involve exposing user information, but a business does try to maximize profit, so they will try to push for as much as they can get away with. As for configuring the privacy settings, they (purposely?) made it fairly complicated/time-consuming, so someone made a tool for checking them: http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/ The main issue is that Facebook wants people to opt-out rather than opt-in to them sharing your information. Facebook’s business interests (monetizing data) are at odds with their users’ interests (privacy), and will always be. I’m sure they can make money in ways that don’t involve exposing user information, but a business does try to maximize profit, so they will try to push for as much as they can get away with.

As for configuring the privacy settings, they (purposely?) made it fairly complicated/time-consuming, so someone made a tool for checking them: http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/

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