Facebook
has just updated their outrageous privacy settings aimed to clear all
apprehensions and accusations. It is definitely not as simple as
we had thought, but still makes good first impressions. If you check
your Facebook homepage right now, you will find this message on top.
Oh yes, you should head back to the privacy settings under
Account tab or just
click here to go to the privacy tab directly and have a look at how your
current privacy settings look like.
This is how my settings look like. Except for the Bio, I do not share
anything else publicly. I believe anyone with an iota of care about
their privacy should also do the same. But wait, can you see the
“Recommended” tab on the left? That is what Facebook recommends to all
its users. Let us check what it says
Share my status, photos, posts, family and relationships with
everyone? Really? Is this what you recommend Mr. Zuckerberg? Of course
this is what Facebook has been recommending in the recent past (and
shamelessly made it the default settings). I wonder on what basis they
recommend these settings for the users.
It is perfectly fine if anyone decides to make their status and
photos public, but that should be an opt-in setting rather than default.
At-least this time, facebook has not imposed their recommended settings
on existing users by resetting their current privacy settings, a lesson
they learnt the hard way.
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