Reclaim your Facebook privacy

by Sky on May.25, 2010, under Identity & The End of Privacy, Security

Neat idea – go to ReclaimPrivacy.org and get a “bookmark” that contains code that you can use to scan your Facebook privacy settings to see exactly how private you might not be!

I thought I had most everything set pretty well, but I was a bit surprised at my results. What’s more, this piece of code can fix the settings for you – simple as clicking a button.

A nice visualization of the erosion of privacy on Facebook is available from Matt McKeon. It covers the period 2005 to April 2010.

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