ALERT: More Facebook Privacy Changes

Karen C - Calif

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Dec 14, 2009, 9:40:45 PM12/14/09

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Last week, Facebook made some privacy changes that would expose some of
your information to "everyone", unless you change your settings from
that automatic pre-set.

Here's another change:

If you don't know, as of today, Facebook will automatically index all
your info on Google, which allows everyone to view it. To change this
option, go to Settings --> Privacy Settings --> Search --> then UN-CLICK
the box that says 'Allow indexing'. Facebook kept this one quiet. Copy
and paste onto your status for all your friends ASAP.

A good reason, if you're on Facebook, to check on a regular basis to see
what changes they've made, and not let your account remain dormant for
weeks at a time.

When I hear about something like this, I do post a message about it, but
that doesn't help those friends who only check FB once every 3 months.

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Susan Hartman

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Dec 15, 2009, 4:40:05 PM12/15/09

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Karen C - Calif wrote:
> Last week, Facebook made some privacy changes that would expose some of
> your information to "everyone", unless you change your settings from
> that automatic pre-set.
>
> Here's another change:
>
> If you don't know, as of today, Facebook will automatically index all
> your info on Google, which allows everyone to view it. To change this
> option, go to Settings --> Privacy Settings --> Search --> then UN-CLICK
> the box that says 'Allow indexing'. Facebook kept this one quiet. Copy
> and paste onto your status for all your friends ASAP.
>
> A good reason, if you're on Facebook, to check on a regular basis to see
> what changes they've made, and not let your account remain dormant for
> weeks at a time.
>
> When I hear about something like this, I do post a message about it, but
> that doesn't help those friends who only check FB once every 3 months.
>
>

I passed the warning along to DD, who responded with this:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/indexing.asp

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Gillian Murray

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Dec 15, 2009, 4:45:45 PM12/15/09

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Snopes is my best friend!!

Gill

Lucille

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Dec 15, 2009, 5:58:17 PM12/15/09

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"Gillian Murray" <gillm...@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:hg902b$dan$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

How can she be your best friend??? She's mine, so there!!!! How many best
friends can one website have????

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Gillian Murray

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Dec 15, 2009, 6:57:52 PM12/15/09

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Honeybunch...may we share????
LOL Good thing I checked spell check...I had it as "homey" LOLOL

Yo!

Karen C - Calif

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Dec 15, 2009, 7:04:16 PM12/15/09

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Susan Hartman wrote:
>
> I passed the warning along to DD, who responded with this:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/indexing.asp
>

The extent of dissemination of information was exaggerated in the rumor,
though the essential fact remains that this is an "opt out" change which
allows your information to be indexed unless you tell FB not to.