VoIP In Detail covers everything related to VOIP, software, hardware, service providers, reviews, configurations, standards, tips & tricks and everything else related to voice over IP networks, IP telephony and Internet Telephony. As most people are aware, Facebook has been undergoing considerable changes over the past couple of weeks, ranging from alterations for its despised terms of use to a new screen layout that has some users grumbling. On Tuesday, the company rolled out yet another new feature, designed to let users share their Facebook information with a wider audience.
When users click on their privacy settings for the first time since the change was implemented, they’ll see a message that reads: “Now there is an ‘Everyone’ option for sharing. If you choose, you can now open your profile and share information with everyone on Facebook for broader distribution and better sharing. None of your settings have changed with this new option.”
Overall, the change doesn’t appear to be causing much concern, in large part because Facebook made sure to turn off “everyone” when it rolled the feature out.
Content Handled Separately
Each type of content — Profile, Status Updates, Links, Wall Posts, Basic Info, Personal Info, Education Info, Work Info, Photos of You and Videos of You — can be controlled separately. If the “everyone” option is selected, that specific content can be viewed by anyone who locates it in a search or who sees a reference to the content in another friend’s Newsfeed.
In a post to the Facebook blog, engineer Mark Slee said the change in privacy settings was a response to user requests.
“We have largely focused on enabling you to give access to your profile to people you confirmed as friends and people in your networks,” Slee wrote. “While these controls remain important and a priority for us, many of you have explained that you also want to open parts of your profile to a wider audience. Starting today, you can choose to make your profile and any of your content available to…
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Privacy Is Now Optional for Facebook Postings
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