Facebook has been in the spotlight for quite a long time now over the concerns of privacy of the data that its users share on the site. It has been accused by several hackers of selling sensitive user information to third parties (and even governments, in some cases) and making profit from it. The hacker group "Anonymous" which has hacked into Pentagon, Sony, News Corp. and others in the past few months, has even vowed to destroy facebook on 5th of November.
So, What are these safety concerns really? Well, one of them is as follows:
You can see your own contacts page here:
This feature of Facebook does have one big advantage: Suppose you lose your phone or all your contacts get deleted, this is the perfect way to get them back; it won't cause any embarrassment of asking your friends publicly to share their phone numbers.
But it also has a downside;
So, What are these safety concerns really? Well, one of them is as follows:
If you use the Facebook SMS facility then the number which is stored in your Facebook profile is visible to ALL the people in your friends list through their "contacts" page
You can see your own contacts page here:
1. Go to "Accounts" on top-right side of your home page.
2. Click "Edit Friends"
3.Then click "Contacts" in the list on left hand side of the page. You'll see phone numbers of all your friends who use Facebook through SMS.
This feature of Facebook does have one big advantage: Suppose you lose your phone or all your contacts get deleted, this is the perfect way to get them back; it won't cause any embarrassment of asking your friends publicly to share their phone numbers.
But it also has a downside;
