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Facebook, Friend of Divorce Lawyers
crimeandpunishment writes "A lot of Facebook users going through divorces have learned a very costly lesson about their privacy settings. In fact, for many of them their Facebook pages helped lead to the divorce in the first place. More than 80% of the members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers say they've used or run into evidence gathered from Facebook and other social networking sites over the last five years — and some of them have some very entertaining stories to tell. 'Facebook is the unrivaled leader for turning virtual reality into real-life divorce drama,' said AAML's president."
Not having damaging photos in the first place is even a better start.
Now you can argue that she could have done this pre-social networking site era - but she couldn't simple because she is not in physical contact with 99.5% of people in my building. Social networking makes ones dis-empowerment that much more pervasive.
She could have submitted it online and it could have gone viral and you could be embarassed by 99.5% of the people in your building and every job opportunity you come across for the rest of your life. But I digress
Your issue isn't so much about facebook as it is just the internet in general. It's actually more about your sister, whom if you don't like her sharing embarrasing photos, don't have her share them. Like everyone on Slashdot has said before, anything posted on Facebook is like putting it up on a bulletin board. Now - you yourself didn't put it up there, your sister did. But thats no different than your sister putting it up on a bulletin board, which is also out of your control.
Social Networking sites just make the kinds of behavior you don't like more efficient, thats all.