How Facebook Can Out Your Most Personal Secrets

McGruber writes "The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook revealed the sexual preferences of users despite those users have chosen 'privacy lock-down' settings on Facebook. The article describes two students who were casualties of a privacy loophole on Facebook—the fact that anyone can be added to a group by a friend without their approval. As a result, the two lost control over their secrets, even though both students were sophisticated users who had attempted to use Facebook's privacy settings to shield some of their activities from their parents. Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes responded with a statement blaming the users: 'Our hearts go out to these young people. Their unfortunate experience reminds us that we must continue our work to empower and educate users about our robust privacy controls.'"

Comments

"... revealed the sexual preferences of users"

[Penurious Penguin]

That they like to be f*cked by corporate champions?
Well I could've told you that.

Re:Truly horrible.

[bipbop]

It's a good operating assumption. If you assume that is true, you won't get burned as often. However, it's not actually true.

Re:Robust, huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder how fast they'll fix this issue after major political figures start getting added to "Gay Studs" and "Scouting for Sex" groups?

Most of the Republicans are in those groups already.

Privacy on the Internet

[verbatim]

The things I post on the Internet are not private?

Oh, shii....

Re:Truly horrible.

[Anonymous Coward]

The Gay Niggers Association of America is pretty bigoted

Re:IF YOU HAND THEM OVER IT WILL TAKE THEM !!

[Anonymous Coward]

And the fourth one has more friends than the other three combined, right?

Re:IF YOU HAND THEM OVER IT WILL TAKE THEM !!

[aepervius]

Simple solution : don't have friend either . :-P