The last time Facebook updated the Privacy Policy, they included language describing a location feature they might build in the future.

At that point, they thought the primary use would be to “add a location to something you post.” Now, they’ve got some different ideas that [...]]]> Are u still leaving Facebook?

1) Location

The last time Facebook updated the Privacy Policy, they included language describing a location feature they might build in the future.

At that point, they thought the primary use would be to “add a location to something you post.” Now, they’ve got some different ideas that they think are even more exciting.

So, they’ve removed the old language and, instead added the concept of a “place” that could refer to a Page, such as one for a local restaurant.

2) Sharing and Connections

Facebook is primarily about two things: Connecting with the people, places, things that are important to you, and sharing information and content that you post with your friends and others. When you connect with a person through a friend request, or with a thing by joining a group or becoming a fan of a Page, that’s a two-way public connection. You can control how the connection is presented on your profile, but it might be discovered in other ways, such as by going to the friend’s profile or on the group’s list of members.

When you share a link or photo on your profile, however, that’s a one-way action, and you have complete control over who can access that content through your privacy settings.

3) Applications and Third-Party Websites

Lately, Facebook has created more ways to connect and share with your friends, not just on Facebook but also around the web.

Today, when you use applications such as games on Facebook.com or choose to connect to Facebook on sites across the web, you are able to find and interact with your friends. These applications require a small set of basic information about you in order to provide a relevant experience. After feedback from many users, Facebook  announced in August that they were moving toward a model that gives you clearer controls over what data is shared with applications and websites when you choose to use them.

In the proposed privacy policy, they’ve also explained the possibility of working with some partner websites that Facebook pre-approves to offer a more personalized experience at the moment you visit the site. In such instances, they would only introduce this feature with a small, select group of partners and they would also offer new controls.

4) Other Changes

Finally, they’ve made a series of smaller changes to better explain how different aspects of Facebook work. For example, they’ve explained why invitations that non-users receive to join Facebook sometimes include the names of other people besides the person who sent the invitation. This is because those people have imported their own contact lists to Facebook, and those contact lists include the invited person’s email address.

Facebook has also explained the “Everyone” setting in more detail. People still own the information they post to Facebook, but the “Everyone” setting is designed to enable people to share content as broadly as possible. To enable this distribution, they allow others to see, access, display, export, distribute and redistribute content set to “Everyone” and they’ve tried to make this even clearer.

Last but no least,  Facebook has explained how people can sync their contact lists—such as on a mobile device—with information they have access to on Facebook.

According to the Arstechnica site, it seem quite obvious that there are serious issues:

“Two malicious Facebook applications were caught scraping user data and spreading virally. The [...]]]> The latest changes around Facebook’s policies and now some malicious Facebook applications “stealing” and “sharing” user data made us formulate this question: Is Facebook getting too dangerous?

According to the Arstechnica site, it seem quite obvious that there are serious issues:

“Two malicious Facebook applications were caught scraping user data and spreading virally. The apps were quickly squashed, but the incident is raising new questions about the effectiveness of Facebook’s open-door developer requirements.

It’s all fun and games in social networking—until Facebook users’ personal data starts getting ripped off. A couple of malicious applications in the last week were briefly able to dupe users into helping them to spread virally, bringing Facebook’s low barriers for development entry and reactive vetting policies into question.”

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This article from Techradar.com hit the nail on the head. It gives us a detailed and quick explanation why Microsoft should concentrate its efforts in getting companies like these ones or at least try to do something about it. BTW, Yahoo is not on the list

The Top companies Microsoft should buy are:

1. LoveFilm (NetFlix tyoe service based in the UK)
2. Spotify
3. Kelkoo
4. Xobni
5. Palm
6. FaceBook

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