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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Facebook creator admitted the site was stealing private user data
by Milota Sidorova


Let's be honest – how many hours a day do you spend on your social network? Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and many other, it's a fact that social networking has overwhelmed Western civilization.For many it is a great chance to meet, communicate and stay tuned with friends or relatives. For many it is perfect tool to inform about everything with literally no costs. Many groups and minorities have found their place or a shelter on social networks and extend their agenda further. Ok, we have mentioned few advantages, but social networking should be labeled an “addiction”, because if not used by matured user, it can be really destructive. Or being watched or the ! user can simply turn into moneymaking sheep. This is surely a case of the most popular social network Facebook. For its creator Mark Zuckerberg it is a lifetime deal. He has already become a billionaire.But last months he changed something and it didn't work well. To be more precise, it went all wrong. You all have noticed changed profile and security preferencies of it. Suddenly they were hidden or changed that way you wouldn't even noticed. Private profiles have become public without any notification. Groups that are overwhelming network are just perfect tool how to suck personal data from profiles and they can change their platformas. For instance a group called “win your iPhone”has turned into “we support Jiri Paroubek” (Jiri Paroubek is an unpopular politician especially among young people in Czech republic). Most of users are definitely not checking the privacy level of each post or photo. Anyway they all can be used by Facebook and be offered ! to the third part. Facebook is making money on your pictures o! r posts. So while you communicate with your “friends”, anything can be stolen from your profile. Sadly this is a simple fact. Many customers don't even notice that and most of them don't care about their privacy, but there were still huge groups who stood against such manners. And this time Zuckerberg admitted they were right. But despite this statement, Facebook creator didn't specify any further information leading into improvement. Things could go even worse, after influential blogger Robert Scoble accused that the companu started to shut down the accounts of users who dared to criticise the site. Facebook officially denied that statement.

related story (sgx17407): http://www.france24.com/en/20100524-mark-zuckerberg-facebook...
by Milota Sidorova
for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with telecommunications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface coupled with free phone calls. Cantell TV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.

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