The New York Times
February 18, 2008
Author: Adam Cohen
In this article, the author, Adam, is informing his readers about the lack of privacy settings on not only Facebook, but other websites, also. He mainly talks about Facebook and Google. Adam starts the article off by showing the readers exactly how much information Facebook allows its user to put out, "A co-worker apologized to me recently for being slow on a task. “It’s probably just your insomnia from last night,” I said. She was confused about how I knew, but I reminded her we were Facebook friends, and that she had posted a “status update” about her sleeplessness." The author complains that the information such as status updates and the ability to show "friends" on facebook what is being purchased by the user online, is too much information and the privacy settings need to be controlled. What I don't understand about this article is that privacy settings can be controlled on Facebook, and I don't know why he is getting so bent out of shape about this. The only peice of information that I agree with Adam in this article is his statement about Facebook on the news, "Facebook was in the news this month for its disturbing policy of making it all but impossible for users to quit the site and erase their personal information." This is the first thing i have heard about this problem on Facebook, and I wish the author would have given some more information on this topic. I expected this article to be a little bit more interesting than it was, but I guess it did make somewhat of a point.
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You control what you put on the internet. No one is forcing you to put that you like classical music on your Facebook page. You put that on. No one is forcing you to be tagged in a picture that is on Facebook. And yes you can control what is posted in the newsfeed on Facebook. So yes there isn't much privacy on facebook pertaining who can see your profile, but you control what is on it.
I agree with the previous post that says you are in control. You got a Facebook and you control what goes on that Facebook. There arent many Rights that allow you to control who sees your profile, but you have the power to put anything on your profile and delete anything off your profile. I think the author did a good job, but did not know all the facts which leaves for an untrustworthy author.
I agree, but I'm pretty sure you can make your profile able to only be viewed by your friends. Or even that no one, even your friends can see your photos (some of my friends have done this). This article does seem a little vague and not very well researched; however, it does bring up a good point that our laws do not currently protect you on the internet so we all need to take extra caution.
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