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Re: Facebook As a Stalker’s Paradise?

Teresa Valdez Klein — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:05:26 -0000

Why in God's name would you EVER put your home address on a public forum? Anywhere? EVER? Especially if you're a "young woman?" That's just plain *effing* stupid.

Facebook's privacy settings are great when they're configured appropriately. But I remember reading somewhere that fewer than 15% of users actually make any changes to the default privacy settings, even when they join a regional network.

I like Rafael's point about keeping your profile private to regional networks you join. I think FB should implement that standard very quickly. It should be an easy fix.

Re: Facebook As a Stalker’s Paradise?

Andrew Welch — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:40:48 -0000

Raphael has a good thought, one that I think Facebook ought to run with. Frankly, though, Facebook provides excellent privacy controls, and it is not their responsibility if a user fails to manage those settings and properly implement his or her privacy controls. It is quite easy to allow no one but one's own friends to view their information, and even to make your profile non-searchable to any non-friends (I have several friends who do just that).

Simply receiving unwelcome messages does not constitute a violation of a privacy covenant on the part of Facebook; such is akin to suing a city because someone makes an inappropriate comment to you on a public sidewalk... and you actually respond.

Re: Facebook As a Stalker’s Paradise?

Raphael — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:23:50 -0000

I think that when people join a regional network, Facebook should either default to not having the profile exposed to everyone in that network or warn the user that their profile will be visible to everyone in that network and offer the option to change that right when they join.

Having your profile exposed to everyone in a college network may make sense, but to everyone in New York - it does not!

Raphael