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Ok it's official -- Facebook is no longer a safe place for information of any kind. You can't post your relationship status, pictures of the kick-ass party you were at, where you're hoping to get a new job, and now not even your birthday is safe!While most of these are the fault of careless users, this most recent incident appears to be the fault of careless developers working on the new Facebook redesign. The new version of the site is currently in testing and some kinks are still being ironed out. Amongst those kinks, apparently, is proper implementation of profile privacy settings, an important feature you really wouldn't want to screw up.
Private details (including full birth dates) were made public on many of the almost 80 million profiles on the site, which has prompted fear that the security slip may lead to cases of fraud and identity theft (birth dates are often used to confirm identity over the phone).
Upon being alerted of its mistake, Facebook promptly fixed the privacy settings, but no one is sure just how many profiles were compromised or for how long. [Source: Daily Mail]
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Subscribe to commentsdwr50Jul 17th 2008 5:04PM
Really... how many people put truthful info on Facebook. lol
joeJul 18th 2008 1:09PM
well if you really wanted to get someone's b-day just add them as a buddy on myspace and about a week before there b-day it will show you on ur home page. take the age in the factor and you have the full birthdate.. big whoop u know when i was born. my ssn and full address and dl number is a diffrent story....
JiggyJul 18th 2008 3:26PM
Anyone who puts their lives on the internet deserve whatever happens to them, ie Face book, My Space, You -tube ! DUMB,DUMB,DUMB !
LanaJul 18th 2008 5:47PM
Jiggy, seems you're the dumb one for not realizing the benefits to Myspace and Facebook...you can't even spell them right. Both are GREAT for networking for business (I got a great internship after being discovered on Myspace) and a weekly radio gig from being discovered as a budding DJ on the same place. Both are also great for easily keeping in touch with old friends and family members (who's going to take the time to make 20 calls a day?). Those that make bad names for the two places are on the extreme side and do probably deserve what they get. Anything and everything in life is dangerous, if you don't know what you are doing. And...don't judge things before getting to know them first.
mikeyJul 18th 2008 5:55PM
Jiggy, EXACTLY.
toddJul 18th 2008 5:58PM
ya, no one actually puts real information on facebook
and you cant do anything with a name and birthday
LinaJul 20th 2008 6:21PM
Someone knows my birthday???!!! oh no! They might send a present! puh-leez
KayJul 20th 2008 8:46PM
Lana if you have time to get online and go to My Space, Facebook and Youtube, you have time to call your family and friends on a phone.
rouJul 30th 2008 3:05PM
jiggy and mikey, your are both complete morons! maybe YOU are dumb!, sometimes it's nice to keep in touch with your long distance relatives, especially ones in IRAQ!.. yes you know the ones that are there for you! jackasses!
spalewskyJul 18th 2008 11:56PM
People, where you get the real problems is when you put your social security number-think about it!!!!! Anyone who does this is asking for trouble-big time!!!!
KayJul 19th 2008 12:58AM
If you have time to log on to your MySpace, YouTube or Facebook, you have time to call your family and closest friends. No excuses please! Computers just keep people from facing reality and problems with themselves, their family and friends. Instead of burying their head in a book or the sand, they push it in front of a computer monitor.