Critter's Cave

My Contrarian Stance on Facebook and Privacy – O’Reilly Radar.

I actually do not have a problem with the premise of his article.  I have no problem personally giving up privacy in return for certain benefits.  I have a problem with the shifting nature of Facebook’s privacy policies.

This comment by Alex Tolley is pretty spot on about how I feel about the issue.

This Newsweek article explains in clear terms exactly what has changed on Facebook regarding your personal information and what price you must pay to use Facebook – personal information you’d like to share only with your friends (or not at all) can only be public or nonexsitent – there is no longer an option for some settings to share only with friends if desired.

The Secret Cost of Using Facebook – Newsweek.com.

I have been harping on this a lot lately, but every day my decision to divorce myself from Facebook is looking better and better:

Facebook’s Instant Personalization backfires already, thanks to Yelp security hole.

The gist is: due to both a bug in Yelp! and a bug in Facebook, a malicious website can gain access to your private Facebook information.

Still think the open web is a good thing?