12 December 2009

Facebook Founder Completely PWN36* By Facebook Privacy Policy


Bummer of a birth mark, Mr. Zuckerberg
I check Facebook every day or soo, and I feed my blog there, albeit imperfectly, so when the came up with a privacy policy update, I didn't pay too much attention, until I heard lots of people complaining.

Management there said it was no big deal, but then about 300 personal photos of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg were made public to the general public:
In a not-uncommon development for the social-networking leader, Facebook's recently released privacy controls are leaving the company a bit red-faced. As a result of a new policy that by default makes users' profiles, photos and friends lists available on the web, almost 300 personal photos of founder Mark Zuckerberg became publicly available, a development that had gossip sites like Gawker yukking it up.

Kashmir Hill, a blogger for True/Slant, first reported Zuckerberg's new exposure, noting, "Either Mark Zuckerberg got a whole lot less private or Facebook's CEO doesn't understand the company's new privacy settings." Under the new privacy regime, user profiles are exposed to the web unless users are proactive about limiting access.
So, what did Morty make public?
  • His wall
  • His photo albums
  • The fact that he is a Taylor Swift fan
  • Graphic (!?!) photos of "The Great Goat Roast of 2009"
  • The time, date, and location of the Facebook corporate holiday party.
Oopsie.

*Owned.

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