Website exposes embarrassing Facebook posts by users with low privacy settings

Published on May 15, 2010; Published on July 1, 2010
The Canadian Press ~ The News

Some Facebook users are learning a tough lesson about the importance of privacy settings.
A new website is exposing embarrassing Facebook messages posted by users, who probably don't realize their privacy settings are turned off.
The website FacebookSearch includes posts with people brazenly admitting to playing hooky from work.
Others pull no punches in making fun of their bosses.
And some are of a very personal nature, falling into the category of too much information.
The founders of the site say they have no malicious intentions.
They simply hope to show naive Facebook users that there are very real consequences to not guarding their privacy online.
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On the web:
FacebookSearch - http://bit.ly/9lL5DI

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just

- July 2, 2010 at 14:52:52

It's easier to access that site by entering http://youropenbook.org in your browser address bar.

Cheers.

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just

- July 1, 2010 at 21:37:30

It's easier to access that site by entering http://youropenbook.org in your browser address bar.

Cheers.

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