Guest LilBambi Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Facebook's Zuckerberg awarded privacy patent - The Reg Mark Zuckerberg cares about your Facebook privacy settings. He cares about them so much, in fact, that he's patented a method of finding out what they are. The patent, number 8,225,376, was filed six years ago but only approved last week, and is attributed to Zuckerberg and former Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I laugh every time someone mentions Facebook and privacy in the same paragraph. It goes way beyond the limits of comedy when you manage to mention them in the same sentence! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I don't laugh when I hear it. I have a surprising level of control on my Facebook profile. I have a very locked down profile page/timeline, and only the information I want to give out is given out. I also tightly control which "Apps" have access to my data. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I don't laugh when I hear it. I have a surprising level of control on my Facebook profile. I have a very locked down profile page/timeline, and only the information I want to give out is given out. I also tightly control which "Apps" have access to my data. Adam Meanwhile, Facebook's track record for summarizing its users' privacy preferences has been less than stellar. In November, it settled with the US Federal Trade Commission over charges that its privacy settings were "deceptive" and that users' choices would be "ineffective" in certain circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Well, in the Prvacy controls main page, you have three options- Public, Friends, and Custom. Guess which one I picked? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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