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nowalmart

On Facebook's New "Privacy Controls"

Dec 10, 2009 15:22

So Facebook announced a change in their Privacy Controls. I am a big privacy advocate, and I was excited to see a change in what I have considered a confusing and difficult to use system for controlling who sees what on your profile ( Read more... )

tech, rant

Comments 4

overstim December 10 2009, 20:31:26 UTC

when I hovered over each radio button for new settings and old settings, a pretty informative window popped up. maybe its not working in safari? or people arent thinking of trying it.

nowalmart December 10 2009, 20:37:35 UTC

I thought I had tried that, but cannot be certain.

I just tried it again, and you are correct. The exception is a setting I have for basically "No one can see". This shows up as "Network" for some reason under "Old Setting". Strange.

I hate it.. ariel72 December 10 2009, 21:31:40 UTC

WHY do they keep fucking with FB....

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nowalmart December 10 2009, 21:49:40 UTC

Agreed. If you check the screenshot, Facebook says they have some settings they "Recommend", all of which were less secure than what I was using previously.