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Facebook to Change Privacy Policy

Facebook users be aware. Soon, your settings will be changes. Unlike previous attempts, which have been based on maxamizing the ad revenue, these changes are designed to protect your privacy.

The change, no more regional networks. Why? Well, noone says it as well as Tom.

“However, as Facebook has grown, some of these regional networks now have millions of members and we’ve concluded that this is no longer the best way for you to control your privacy. Almost 50 percent of all Facebook users are members of regional networks, so this is an important issue for us. If we can build a better system, then more than 100 million people will have even more control of their information.

The plan we’ve come up with is to remove regional networks completely and create a simpler model for privacy control where you can set content to be available to only your friends, friends of your friends, or everyone.”

So, do not be shocked when the network dissapears. Keep your eyes peeled. This time at least, their changes seem to have been for the good of end users.

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Rubber Duck Identity Theft Test on Facebook: How Your Identity Can Be Stolen

Sophos, the internet security company decided to run a test on just how secure your information is, and the results were not promising. They sent out two fake identities, 21-year-old “Daisy Feletin” and 56-year-old “Dinette Stonily”

Each had a non-human photo posted on their profile (in Daisys case a rubber duck, and in Dinette’s two cats), and sent out 100 random friend requests.  The average acceptance rate: 95 people. What kind of information did they share?

• Date of Birth (Full)
• Personal information about friends and family.

Add that to some of the data in your profile, like your home state, occupation and wesites you visit, and Facebook is an identity theft banquet.

Be careful who you friend.

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