Privacy not what it used to be with Facebook...

The other day on the Internet, one man's Facebook circle received a public service announcement of sorts: "This goes out to any girl that ive ever been with. I got tested today for Herpes and i came out positive."

Privacy just isn't what it used to be.

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"Facebook has indeed changed the nature of privacy on the Internet, in that it actually encourages people to make maximum disclosure of their personal information without regard for the possible consequences," said Robert Ellis Smith, publisher of Privacy Journal, which since 1974 has tracked the impact of technology and law on privacy.

"Facebook involves lots of young persons who either are not old enough to give meaningful consent or have not had enough life experience to know the consequences." Full story...

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