Facebook has changed its privacy set up a number of times now – why mostly to make money exposing your personal data to the Web? This should, and is, triggering some fiery debate around privacy. So as Facebook try to force these online changes can you do anything to avoid them and stay private?
“Privacy is not something you notice until it is gone…”
Read this this brilliant post from one of my favourite Fast Company writers Kit Eaton.
Another take on the online Privacy debate is comes from author and respected cryptographer Bruce Schneier ‘…Privacy is not something you notice until it is gone’. Listen to Bruce chat with Chris Vallance, one of the BBC’s ‘Pods and Blogs’ original founders and BBC blogger Jamillah Knowles about how our actions online today will create the online landscape for future generations.
Download the podcast here.
Update (10/05/2010): Facebook’s latest round of changes has again triggered a backlash from users and lead to a steady increase in searches for ‘How Do I Delete My Facebook Account?’ and and the like as shown on Google Insights for Search, which tracks the popularity of search queries over time… read more via Huffington Post.
Update (03/06/2010): And as Facebook makes another round of changes the Huffington Post post’s… the Top 5 Facebook Privacy Settings You Need To Know.
