Submission + - Facebook Streamlines Privacy Controls, Exposes All Users in Search (threatpost.com)
Trailrunner7 writes: In what may be the least surprising news of the day, Facebook is again making changes to its privacy controls.
The existing privacy controls, which Threatpost explored in depth in this How-To Video on the subject, are a bit convoluted. So it makes sense that product manager Samuel Lessin is rolling out some end-of-the-year privacy feature updates on the world’s largest social network that are essentially designed to clarify existing features and seamlessly integrate privacy controls into Facebook’s primary interface.
However, amidst a number of updates that Lessin claims will help users better manage their content, Facebook will also retire the “Who can look up my timeline by name?” feature. They claim that the setting was “very limited in scope, and didn't prevent people from finding others in many other ways across the site” and used by a small percentage of users. In reality, the feature represents one of very few strong privacy controls remaining on a social network considered by many to be the antithesis of privacy.
The existing privacy controls, which Threatpost explored in depth in this How-To Video on the subject, are a bit convoluted. So it makes sense that product manager Samuel Lessin is rolling out some end-of-the-year privacy feature updates on the world’s largest social network that are essentially designed to clarify existing features and seamlessly integrate privacy controls into Facebook’s primary interface.
However, amidst a number of updates that Lessin claims will help users better manage their content, Facebook will also retire the “Who can look up my timeline by name?” feature. They claim that the setting was “very limited in scope, and didn't prevent people from finding others in many other ways across the site” and used by a small percentage of users. In reality, the feature represents one of very few strong privacy controls remaining on a social network considered by many to be the antithesis of privacy.
