People are constantly fussing about the privacy Facebook offers. When Facebook launched their new auto-customization services, to customize websites automatically, people went crazy. They didn’t like the fact that other websites knew what type of books or films they like.
If I’m honest with you, I don’t mind people knowing that I like the film Ocean’s Eleven or that I listen to Scouting For Girls … or even that I’m not too bothered about reading! If I didn’t want people to know that, I wouldn’t have filled it out on my Facebook profile.
This made me wonder: do people really add stuff to their Facebook accounts that is “secret”? If so, how stupid are you to not have changed your privacy settings?
It’s not like Facebook are giving away actual sensitive information. If Facebook started telling 3rd party sites my email address (without my permission) or the content of private messages I send to my friends, then I’d start getting worried. But they haven’t. They are sharing public information. What’s the big deal?
I suppose other Facebook users aren’t as familiar with tech stuff as myself though, so maybe they were concerned about the website knowing who they were before they’d connected. I wouldn’t know anything about it though, as I tried to use the services but I couldn’t because I’m British.
