When the new privacy policy came about on Facebook recently, I at first paid very little attention and simply pressed ‘accept’. Soon someone told me that anyone could see my profile so I went back to the privacy settings and reset them so that the only people who could view my profile was my friends.
The fact that facebook’s default privacy settings are so open-ended seems incredibly unfair. Many people, like myself, simply press ‘accept’ so that they can continue on to do whatever else they wanted to do on facebook. Little did they know, they were opening there profile up to nearly anyone who wished to see it. Many people originally turned to Facebook from MySpace because it seemed to be a much more secure and safe social networking site. By creating such a privacy policy, Facebook may be turning away many people who chose to use the site because of it’s concern for privacy.
Facebook’s default settings should install the most privacy on a profile not the least. With over 100 million users in the U.S. alone, they are screwing over a huge amount of consumers. I think it is completely justified for companies concerned about privacy to file complaints, possibly even lawsuits, over facebook’s complete lack of concern for it’s users and their privacy.
