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"You can still control the visibility of these links on your profile." Is the following definition of "visibility" accurate in your context? http://www.eff.or
by nfnaaron 16y ago
"You can still control the visibility of these links on your profile."
Is the following definition of "visibility" accurate in your context?
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/handy-facebook-english-translator#visibility http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/handy-facebook-english-...
"As Facebook explains, "Keep in mind that Facebook Pages you connect to are public. You can control which friends are able to see connections listed on your profile, but you may still show up on Pages you're connected to." Likewise, "While you do have the option to hide your Friend List from being visible on your profile, it will be available to applications you use and websites you connect with using Facebook." Because Facebook deems this information "public," it reserves the right to share that information with its business partners and third party websites, regardless of your visibility settings. "
"regardless of your visibility settings."
So, we can "hides these links on your profile" from our friends, but we can't hide them from Facebook's "business partners and third party websites, regardless of your visibility settings?"
Isn't that completely backwards from what people would want from a social site? If my understanding of this issue is correct (and I confess, I haven't been able to hold FB's privacy policy and settings regime in my head for some time), then this would be like hiding my street address from my friends but broadcasting my address to junk mail companies with a hearty "Catalogs? Send 'em here!"