Comments on: Facebook – All in Private?

By: thomas watson

thomas watson — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:34:14 +0000

Don’t worry about that. People can view it only if they are friends. Its private automatically.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:44:49 +0000

The problem is, people just don’t use the privacy settings they are given. It’s totally possible to hide stuff from people on Facebook. I agree with Keiron, opt-out privacy options would help to solve a lot these problems because it would force people to think about what they are doing.

Opting-in should be progressive, where enabling each sharing feature would then enable an even less private bunch of settings to become available.
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By: Colin Francis

Colin Francis — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:04:14 +0000

Hi, I am also agree with you, one has to be very smart and attentive while updating his/her profile on such social networking websites. These websites should have a feature where people other than our trusted list can’t see the personal details or photos or there can be a level of trust circle where one can allow others to come to their profile.

This can solve the problem to a major extent.

Bless!

By: Keiron

Keiron — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:35:11 +0000

LOL! They’re always out to get you!

Oh I agree the internet is a stalkers playground though, surely?

By: K8

K8 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:11:45 +0000

Just ‘cos you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you… totally with you mate. I made up a false name for my f/b account, but it shows who I’m hitched to, and I recently had to spank him quite severely for putting up his mobile number AND home address for public viewing. What’s his information, is mine, and I’ve been stung before as a wee innocent. Publishing details (even surnames) can be dodgy, but if you think about it, if a stalker REALLY wants to know where you live, all they have to do is delve into your I.P. address. It’s too easy.
Stalkers are few and far between though… the rest, could they give a crap?

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:42:45 +0000

Totally agree with you here! I don’t understand why people put their mobile phone numbers on their profiles. It’s just asking for trouble, especially for those people with hundreds of “Friends”.

People really need to start using a bit of common sense. Given the average user’s credit card number and access to their Facebook page, it would be easy to cause a lot of trouble.
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