FACEBOOKPRIVACY CONCERNS

Presenter: Anquin C. Cooper

Based on the Article: Facebook In Privacy BreachBy: Geoffrey A. Fowler

Agenda

Introduction Overview of Facebook/Article

Privacy Breaches Main Points of Article

Position of Presenter

What does Facebook have to say? Responses made by Facebook Officials

Conclusion

Overview

Facebook is a social networking site

Founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2006

Facebook users can: Create a personal profile Add other users as friends Play Games

Article: Facebook In Privacy Breach

Privacy Breaches

Transmitting identifying information

Issue affected tens of millions of users worldwide

Problem stem from companies that build databases

Anyone can look up a persons name from standard web – browser

Privacy Breaches (Cont’d)

LOLapps shut down temporarily

Apps were sending FB UID to at least 25 advertising firms

My Position

Choices and control should be put in users hand

Should find a way to limit exposure

What does Facebook say?

Press reports exaggerate the implications of sharing a UID

They are taking strong measures to enforce privacy policy

User’s ID’s were sometime shared, however, unintentional

Knowing UID’s cannot grant access without user consent

Cont’d

Developers not allowed to disclose user information

It is hard to fix the breach in privacy; are working on it

Conclusion

Facebook a leading technology of 21st century

Recently privacy loop holes were taken advantage of

Facebook working towards solution.

References

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371013,00.asp

http://lolapps.blogspot.com/2010/10/were-back.html

http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/418

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

QUESTIONS?