On Facebook's New "Privacy Controls"
Dec. 10th, 2009 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nowalmartSo Facebook announced a change in their Privacy Controls. I am a big privacy advocate, and I was excited to see a change in what I have considered a confusing and difficult to use system for controlling who sees what on your profile.
One of my biggest issues has been with the "transition tool" that Facebook is requiring all users to go through this week.
The problem? I had my facebook profile locked down pretty tightly.
In the middle we have a list of objects on a facebook profile, with options regarding who can see what. Facebook seems to be suggesting that opening up my profile so more people can see things would somehow be more secure. In addition, I have no way of seeing on this page what my "old settings" are. How am I supposed to make an informed decision with this complete lack of information?
On the right side I am told that facebook now shares, with everyone, *more* information than previously, and I have no way of controlling or limiting that access.
So how, again, is this helping me controlling my privacy?
One of my biggest issues has been with the "transition tool" that Facebook is requiring all users to go through this week.
The problem? I had my facebook profile locked down pretty tightly.
In the middle we have a list of objects on a facebook profile, with options regarding who can see what. Facebook seems to be suggesting that opening up my profile so more people can see things would somehow be more secure. In addition, I have no way of seeing on this page what my "old settings" are. How am I supposed to make an informed decision with this complete lack of information?
On the right side I am told that facebook now shares, with everyone, *more* information than previously, and I have no way of controlling or limiting that access.
So how, again, is this helping me controlling my privacy?
