I thought that the face peering out from the hole in the wall looked like Mark Zuckerberg rather than Google. It has curly hair like Mark although he isn't purple ... yet.
The critter that is supposed to be Facebook is definitely gross, and might be a better fit with Google. Google is everywhere; however, today's post is about Facebook's incursion into users' privacy.
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| Horror once users realize their exposure to intrusive online services! Overstated slightly... |
Are Facebook users adequately aware of the status of their private or personally identifying information? Probably not.
The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook is a recent analysis by IBM Research scientist Matt McKeon. (He did this as a personal project, not as part of work for his employer, IBM).Matt's analysis was thorough and revealing. It is summarized by a series of charts depicting user growth and information sharing on Facebook, at multiple points in time: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 (Nov), 2009 (Dec), and last month, April 2010.
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| Earliest "snapshot" of Facebook user privacy 2005 |
Matt's article analyzes the 6 charts in chronological order.
