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News on the latest privacy capabilities have been going around a lot lately. I posted a vid of an overview, as well as a 10 things you need to know article(i think). There has been a lot of talk, and I actually like the new capabilities. I made good use of the previous settings, mostly for pictures.

One thing that came up in all this hoopla, is that Facebook’s default setting or recommended setting is to share with everyone. This will then imply that it is internet accessible. If you dont want that but havent changed the setting, then Facebook will remove it from their servers or you can delete your account. Is your information really gone though?

Some people are even flaming FB for the sharing with everyone or the fact that once it is internet accessible and indexed or spidered or archived by search engines, there is no way it is taken off the internet. This is common knowledge though. Everything you type into your browser should be considered exposed. We can take exception to banking or legitimate -commerce, because they are held accountable by law to protect your information. However Facebook or your blog or google archiving your FB wall or blog or FB possible passing your info via apps or you passing your info via malware spread through FB mail should be considered exposed and out there for everyone to see.

Even with privacy settings hardened I would not post private information on FB. Who are they anyway? Just a company trying to make money, be popular and be successful. Do I know them, to actually store my private information on their servers. If I even store private information on my own computer, that I physically have, I make sure I encrypt it. So why am i going to post private information on FB or blogspot or anywhere else? I am not.