Thursday, May 06, 2010

Glitch Brings New Worries About Facebook’s Privacy - NYTimes.com

More on Facebook’s latest privacy problem

Social networking experts and analysts wonder whether Facebook is pushing the envelope in a way that could damage its standing over time. The privacy mishap on Wednesday, first reported by the blog TechCrunch, did not help matters.

“While this breach appears to be relatively small, it’s inopportunely timed,” said Augie Ray, an analyst with Forrester Research. “It threatens to undermine what Facebook hopes to achieve with its network over the next few years, because users have to ask whether it is a platform worthy of their trust.”

Glitch Brings New Worries About Facebook’s Privacy - NYTimes.com

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