Info graphic: The evolving nature of Facebook's privacy settings

[BurtWorm]

http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/05/infographic-the-history-of-facebooks-default-privacy-settings/


We all know that Facebook has been making privacy changes over the past few years which supposedly reflects society’s trends toward becoming more open. A new infographic produced by Matt McKeon effectively illustrates how Facebook has steadily decreased the default privacy settings of users’ profiles to be more open. The latest settings are surprisingly open and looking at the image below should make you wonder why Facebook is making profiles increasingly open.

We’ve remixed Matt McKeon’s original animation (which can be found here) to produce the following image:

[Richardo]

1. That says it all for me.

That's why I opted out of this grand social experiment and coporate data-gathering exercise. I'll find the people I want to find, and buy the stuff I want to buy.

[toadzilla]

2. well if you don't type it on facebook it will stay private.

I don't get what people don't understand about that. its just another profit driven company, not some sacred agency sworn to protect our private lives as we blab about them online.