Your FaceBook Profile Is/ In Not Private
Posted in Privacy by Dan at 11:02 am
This post was published 2 years 4 months 26 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.On Facebook, profiles that are set to private aren’t really as private as you would think. A security researcher yesterday discovered in FaceBooks API you can easily reveal anybodies full names, pictures, religion and sexual orientation, all without them knowing. The problem has since been fixed, but it raises very interesting concerns about information people reveal online.
Why do people feel compelled when they are behind a screen to admit their deepest darkest secrets and think that this information, which sits on a publicly accessible network, will remain private?
Deepest darkest secrets? I’m atheist, straight and my name’s easily found. I’m also smart enough not to post pictures of myself drunk or naked on the great internets.