Facebook: A Privacy-hoax and a real gap

Facebook: A Privacy-hoax and a real gap

Facebook is just the new ticker unlock (the "short messages" bar on the right) for all users, already appear on messages that this function will break in conjunction with texts on their own whiteboard, a new data protection gap. Alarmed, many users of the social network a sample text to post on their bulletin board, which begins like this: "have you noticed that you can since the latest update from Facebook read postings from people with whom you yourselves not friends are Just because one of your contacts? there is a "Like" is clicked or has made a comment? "

The core allegation is this: Even if the user's postings, comments or Likes only for "friends" keep visible, they could come to strangers. This happens when friends comment in the message flow of the user or pass Liken, their contributions but also to friends of friends. For then they appear, therefore, including the reference to the users themselves in continuous ticker. The security-naked blog about security Sophos advises a little protection to invite all friends, their visibility on "Friends" downgrade.

Now Jens Wiese allfacebook.de has conclusively indicated that the concerns are exaggerated. The visibility of the posts have not changed a bit, namely, "just like Facebook and where is this". Obviously, no one has exactly the new Facebook privacy options considered: Under "How Connections" there is the option "Who can see Wall posts by other people in your profile?". Who here has enabled "friends of friends", allows ticker of friends via the indirect transfer of activities on their ticker (with the friend of friends) unknown third parties. Will he protect yourself, it must at least be downgraded to "friends".

Wiese also points out that the ticker is rather problematic in connection with new options for visibility of even uploaded photos - which previously was not appreciated. Here, Facebook has introduced a distinction implied a major change: Does the user by setting the photo just "friends" is visible, this means not that it only see friends, but also labeled ("tagged") and their friends. Hence if a person taggt in the photo, making this accessible to friends, the experience over the ticker of the tagged person immediately and their friends - and they may even look at this photo. Recommended as a solution area, share photos only to individual lists or "close friends", because then the restriction actually works!.