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Well you've obviously never had your identity stolen, wl. That will change your tune in a hurry.

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Never meant to imply you were stupid, sorry, I'm not good at this. I don't like or use facebook but all I was trying to say is, like that cat guy said, there's smart ways to use it, and you are. In my first post here I put up ways to block some of the worst privacy stuff, I hope people do those things.

You can set facebook to notify you when events are going on. there's no need to put everything about yourself out there. Facebook isn't a "free" service, you're just not paying with money. You're paying by adding your data to their database and generating their content. Just like reality tv, they don't have to pay for or create or aggregate their content from somewhere, they let you create it for them, and then make money off you. Just like this place and any website does, advertising and visitor data pay the rent. lots of people like to say they haven't got anything to hide so its all cool anyway, at least until you see an ad with a grandchild in it, that had to be a really great day. it will be interesting to see what happens when facebook starts sharing home and private information about kids. it will hit the fan when a parent sees a 14 year olds facebook page with ads on it for services or stuff sold in their neighborhood. I need an editor for these posts haha bye

if you reach a certain amount of photo uploads on facebook you will be asked for your cell phone number to verify your account. Its also one of the key security questions. w most people just enter it so they can make the dialog box go away. you're right that if you're computer literate and understand what facebook's privacy settings do you can opt out of most things, but facebook doesn't work that way, and most people are incredibly stupid about using computers. I find that most people don't care enough to fix the settings and end up wondering why they get a lot of spam and why they see ads with their pictures inserted. Well, now you know. That's how facebook makes its money. Off your personal information.

the only companies that can properly handle digital security are banks. they are unwilling because there's no sure way to monetize it. if you want privacy and keep facebook, at least use firefox or chrome or safari and install facebook purity to keep the apps off your page. if you want to truly hit the big red button to shut off all sharing and apps, then go into your facebook account, go to privacy settings, select the apps and websites settings in the lower left part of the screen, and edit them, then under apps you use, turn off the platform. this turns off all the app sharing and may detract from your ability to share a fortune cookie or some crops. then do this: http://lifehacker.com/5542041/block-sites-from-using-your-facebook-login-with-adblock-plus here is a rather lengthy article on blocking FB http://www.wikihow.com/Manage-Facebook-Privacy-Options

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