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I just checked my facebook search privacy settings, and was greeted with a popup: "Worried about search engines? Your information is safe. There have been misl
by dustingetz 17y ago
I just checked my facebook search privacy settings, and was greeted with a popup:
"Worried about search engines? Your information is safe.
There have been misleading rumors recently about Facebook indexing all your information on Google. This is not true. Facebook created public search listings in 2007 to enable people to search for your name and see a link to your Facebook profile. They will still only see a basic set of information."
- danhak 17y agoAs an aside, I noticed this popup as well and the atrocious grammar makes it read like a phishing message. Specifically, the line "This is not true" is meant to refer to the idea that Google indexes your whole Facebook account, but the way it is written actually seems to indicate that there have, in fact, been no misleading rumors. This might seem like a nitpicky thing, but to me it just underscored the fact that Facebook is on the defensive right now and is scrambling to keep users' mindshare at the expense of the usual level of polish we have come to expect throughout the site.