Cowan, J. (2010). WHY WE'LL NEVER ESCAPE FACEBOOK. (Cover story). Canadian Business, 83(10), 28-32. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
This story involves the controversy of how Facebook controls their privacy settings. The article shows that there are many loop holes within the settings of Facebook, so it may have effect on your privacy. One of the many loop holes is that if you play a game on Facebook, the third party (who owns the game) might be able to access your information. Also there might be a slight chance that if one of your friends, who is playing the game, may leak your personal information on the web. On the other hand, users are allowed to choose who and the degree of privacy wanted on the account. "The targeting is not affected by whether your information is available to everyone or just friends, or friends of friends," says Debbie Frost, director of communications and public affairs for Facebook. (Cowan, et al, 2010).
Another problem is the content changing of rules and features. Many people opposed the new addition to Facebook that allowed everyone to see updates. It would be posted on a main wall rather than the individuals. Over 28,000 deleted their accost because they protested the new feature, but Facebook was unmoving to favor the protestors. "Users seem to forget that participating in Facebook is an option, not mandatory. It can't over-share information it's not told." (Cowan, et al, 2010). Even though there is many privacy issues people have become "dependent" on Facebook and will not quit.
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