Facebook proposes more changes to privacy policy

#1 Macworld

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 04:16 AM

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#2 TeaEarleGreyHot

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 06:55 AM

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“Facebook can’t possibly protect the privacy of its users and grow as publicly traded company."

Am I the only one who finds this a rather frightening assertion?

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Even if a Facebook user does not share his or her phone number or email address publicly, default settings will make it possible for others to search for the user on Facebook using that information.

Well that's not merely an offensive violation of privacy, it's also exactly the sort of thing that keeps me away from Facebook.

#3 Bairnsfather

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 10:46 AM

“We store data for as long as it is necessary to provide products and services to you and others, including those described above.”

Last I checked people need products and services until they die. And what allows them to store that data after you’re dead? Well, your family/friends, the “others,” will need products and services as well.