Privacy Pique
“The most frustrating thing about Facebook’s privacy policy is that it’s always changing,” writes Farhad Manjoo. The company should better respect users’ desire for privacy going forward.
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“The most frustrating thing about Facebook’s privacy policy is that it’s always changing,” writes Farhad Manjoo. “You used to be able to keep your profile picture private; that’s no longer an option. You also used to be able to declare your interests without being ‘connected’ to a Facebook page about that interest—now you can’t. Things like this should never happen. Instead, if you’ve set your profile to remain ‘semi-private,’ all of the site’s changes going forward should respect that choice.”
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