Facebook Privacy

In this article the author brings up a hot topic from a couple of years ago. The central argument focuses on Facebook and some issues with personal privacy that was a significant issue at the time.   The author’s basic thesis is that if you are stupid enough to post things on Facebook that you really want to keep private, then that is your own problem.  Apparently there was a change in the terms of service slightly sometime during 2009.  Analysts believed this was an advance towards breaching our personal information, and overall privacy.  Her support is that anything that you don’t want on Facebook you can delete.   She also states that if there are any people you don’t know well enough you can get delete them as a friend or deny their friend request.  You have the option to use discretion when adding personal information because you should realize that it is exposed to your friends.  On the whole, it is our job to protect our own information because Facebook doesn’t have to. This topic hasn’t been as pressing since 2009.  It seems that most people agree with our author on this issue.  Facebook supplies you with the tools to protect yourself and you should be responsible for implementing those tools for your own use.  The author uses extreme sarcasm, at one point you could even call it paranoia.  However this does strengthen his argument because it gives the reader the impression that any other viewpoint is rather silly.  Overall the author expresses her view through sound logic and it is very well written.