Privacy groups complain to FTC over Facebook privacy tweaks

Fifteen privacy organizations filed a complaint with the FTC this week over Facebook's latest privacy policy changes. The groups say that the company is engaging in unfair and deceptive practices and is in violation of consumer protection laws.

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[mhungry]

What a conundrum. I'm not particularly attached to Facebook itself, but I have yet to find a service that offers similar features with as wide an audience. It just doesn't exist [yet]. I'm not a huge poster, and I don't follow people much, but it does let me stay in contact with co-workers and friends I don't see often easily. It lets me share, and lets them share with me on our own time, and we are quite the spread out bunch these days. I have found that it has increased the depth of these people in real life, as it lets me stay more connected to them when I otherwise wouldn't be as easily able to. Facebook is less intrusive to me than if they all were CCing the same things to my email address all the time. I'm unhappy with the changes that are exposing more of my info than I want, yet unwilling to quit because it does provide me a valuable service I can't get elsewhere...