[ NNSquad ] Facebook changes reportedly expose at least 10 million accounts to public search that had previously been excluded

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Facebook changes reportedly expose at least 10 million accounts to
public search that had previously been excluded

http://j.mp/10D1gMz  (ars technica)

    "Such profiles would hinder the progress of graph search, which relies
     on profile content to cull information (for instance, "women who like
     the TV show Homeland" or "Thai restaurants my friends have been to.")
     Facebook asserts that a "single-digit percentage" of profiles had
     previously opted out of being searchable. As Quartz points out, even
     one percent is now 10 million people, so the change does affect a
     large absolute swath of users."

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Exposing profile information to public searching that was previously
excluded, without the affirmative consent of the parties involved, is
inexcusable even if "only" 10 million or so accounts were affected!

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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