Folks, here’s a pretty good catalog of what can happen if you do not understand Facebook’s privacy settings. You have been warned… 
And, of course, there are much more extreme examples…
I was reminded of this when I logged into Facebook and saw a popup altering me to the new privacy settings they have implemented and I immediately set all to “Only Friends” – the most restrictive generic option.
[for the anti-social social networkers among you, you can also customize to even limit access to certain information just to yourself…]
If the examples above convinced you to manage your information on Facebook closely, please log in and review it. One of these days you’ll be happy you did.
The unsettling thing was that with the new privacy settings, the default option was “everybody”.. This is an option that will undoubtedly create many more fails on Facebook.
It is also very irresponsible. Facebook should know better.
Jason Calacanis – CEO of Mahalo and a blogger I like to follow – dissects the problem correctly and points to the fact that this is a very sneaky way to monetize your information.
At FlyMiwok, your privacy settings are set automatically to “no-one”. I.e. no other member can see your personal information. Period. It is up to you to decide what information you want to share with others. Just log in and go to “My Profile/Settings” and check it out!
Gad Barnea – CEO – FlyMiwok, Inc.
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