Facebook: When ego gets in the way of privacy and security
Today was a day in which you couldn’t turn a corner without running into the news of the privacy issue with Facebook chat. According to a report from TechCrunch Europe, a major security flaw allowed people to view the live chats of their friends. Indeed, Facebook chat was offline much of the morning, as the company allegedly was addressing the issue.
Due to instilled security paranoia anyway, I’ve never been one to use Facebook chat. However, I have and continue to be a huge proponent of leveraging Facebook for networking and business. But how far does that go? And should these networking and business benefits come at the expense of sacrificing one’s own privacy?
My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow wrote a thorough piece the other day called “Contemplating Facebook Hara-Kiri.” The article cataloged his challenges with Facebook, from locking down his profile to dealing with a compromised account. Perlow described in detail how he has blocked most applications, has slowly shaved friends off of his page and is going to redirect new friend requests from folks he doesn’t know well to his fan page. He’s even put all of this in a handy dandy advanced privacy guide.
This is something I’m struggling with as well. For someone who works in security, I was one of the worst offenders. For a long time I would add almost anyone on Facebook. Oh, you like my blog? Awesome! Wow, you follow me on Twitter? Join the fun! Seriously, you have a large sum of money you need transmitted to a bank in another country? We’re golden. OK, maybe not the last one, but who knows what kind of scam I might’ve gotten myself into by doing this. Thankfully, this stopped over the last couple of years, but the folks I’d already added in the Facebook fold were still there.
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Με λίγα λόγια για πολλοστή φορά: Fuck Facebook!
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