Privacy on Facebook
Canada’s privacy commissioner is going to investigate Facebook after complaints were made about what Facebook does with people’s personal information. As someone who uses Facebook quite a bit I feel that this is a waste of the privacy commissioner’s time, resources, and money. When I signed up for an account on Facebook I knew that my information was going to be visible to people other than my friends. Complete strangers may view my profile, and I don’t care. If I was concerned about it I wouldn’t have created an account in the first place. And that’s what I feel those who are complaining should do. If you don’t want someone to make your information visible to strangers then don’t give them that information. No one is being forced to use the service that Facebook provides and no one is being forced to add personal information to their profile once it’s created. That is to say, if you don’t want someone to know something about you then don’t add it to your profile, and if it’s a required field then make something up! Facebook isn’t checking to see if you entered the correct birth date or anything… Facebook is offering a free service. If you don’t like it, don’t use it.
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