Can Facebook Fix its 'Fundamentally Flawed' Privacy Settings
Do you find you can never get your Facebook privacy settings just right - that you're sharing that message or photo you wanted to hide, or hiding the photo you wanted to share ? A first-of-its kind, closer look study at the privacy settings on Facebook found you are not the only one.
Do you find you can never get your Facebook privacy settings just right – that you’re sharing that message or photo you wanted to hide, or hiding the photo you wanted to share ? A first-of-its kind, closer look study at the privacy settings on Facebook found you are not the only one.
A recently released study from Columbia University found that 94 percent of users on Facebook revealed information they didn’t intend to on the site, while almost 85 percent of those same users were hiding things they intended to share, presenting a “shortcoming of the privacy settings” on the site.
In short, the study’s researchers, Michelle Madejski, Maritza Johnson and Steven M.
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