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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10802730I am glad that I have a randomly generated password and absolutely minimal information on Facebook, plus have the maximum privacy settings as well.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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I deleted my Facebook account a few months back. The constant move from "share information with your friends" to "we'll share all your information with our marketing partners" turned me off.
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
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Location: Here Abouts
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My comment would be that all that information is public anyway. If you've got your privacy settings updated then having your ID and URL isn't going to help anyone get acccess to you is it?
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big_D
What's a life?
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Location: Bramsche
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The problem is, or was, that Facebook would add new settings and make everything public by default - which considering the original aims of Facebook, offended a lot of users. And making them so complex that a lot of people can't follow what is going on doesn't help. I locked all my settings down, each time, but it was a pain.
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
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No, it's not. This whole '100 million Facebook user detail' story is a non-starter. If it's all publicly available anyway what's the point. *shrug* Mark
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soddit112
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:12 pm
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Location: Mute City
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all i have set as fully public are my statuses, photos, posts, and religious views. and since my statuses are inane, my photos are horrible and my religious views are from Half-Life, i dont feel too threatened by this  oh and my website, but that is jut a link to the Catface episode list  as Zippy said, this information is public anyway, i wouldnt allow anything to be viewable by "everyone" if i thought it could be used to attack me, as i highly doubt anyone would be stupid enough to try and blackmail me over my anger at oven chips the article states that the guy is a security researcher, hes probably just looking for some attention, or a job 
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timark_uk
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That was my thinking too. Mark
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timark_uk
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Catface is brilliant. (8+) Mark
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
Posts: 6355
Location: IoW
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I'm glad I don't have a Facebook account. I agree with earlier comments that he just done this for publicity and personal gain.
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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The list is supposedly quite popular on torrent sites  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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okenobi
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm
Posts: 4932
Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
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Finished it this morning. Wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Gonna go have a look...
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I check my security settings on a regular basis because every time they change them slightly, they seem to default to "share with everyone" even if the previous settings were at "friends only". For a while there was some personal data that you couldn't stop them sharing (you can now) so I just deleted it.
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I am so minimalistic about what goes on mine that it is not really a problem but I still would not want everyone to see it.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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All of my settings are "friends only" and my tweets are protected, so there will be no harvesting for me.
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Same here but who knows what is available during those spells when Facebook changes its user settings. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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