What is with Facebook continually trying to encroach on my privacy?

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So, after hearing about the latest privacy-violating feature that's been made opt-out rather than opt-in, I'm about ready to delete my Facebook account. WTF Internets?? Why is it so hard to understand that some of us might enjoy limited social networking without having our personal information automatically shared with every other site we use? Like that Google Buzz thing. That was horrifying.

I also saw this Evolution of Privacy on Facebook feature today, which is similarly disturbing. And even though the OP says, "I hope your takeaway from this infographic isn't 'I'm deleting my account;' rather, I hope it's 'I'm checking my privacy settings right now, and changing them to a level with which I'm comfortable,'" I can't see how making "OMFG I have to check my privacy settings RIGHT NOW" a typical response to policy changes is a GOOD thing. I don't want to feel threatened every time a website I use introduces a new feature. And I DON'T want to have to rush to the site to opt out in order to protect myself.

Don't touch my privacy, Internet. Or CJ will shove a motherboard SO FAR UP YOUR ASS.

Comments

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But don't you have to keep doing that? Or stop emailing people? Because otherwise it'll keep adding new contacts. I just turned off Buzz completely.

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Oh, once they made it where you could turn it off, I did that, too.

But, um, I never email anyone? Most of what goes through that address is LJ replies. My sister is the only contact I have on that account.

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Hahaha, I don't think that'd be an option for me. I have a RL personal email and fandom email, both Gmail accounts. (I can't use my work email for personal stuff, and I hate my school email, so I just redirect it into my Gmail anyway. I also have a Yahoo email, but I switched to Gmail precisely to avoid Yahoo, so I don't want to go back.)