Facebook users unwittingly revealing personal information thanks to way privacy settings work

Millions of Facebook users could be unwittingly giving away personal information because of the way in which the social networking website’s privacy settings work, researchers said this week.In a study presented to a conference in Nuremberg, a team from the University of Cambridge’s computer laboratory showed how Facebook public profiles could be used to find out personal information despite appearing to contain only a few details.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/02/facebook-profiles-personal-information

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