Facebook privacy U turn

The other day I blogged about the fact that Facebook was making phone number etc freely available to developers. Very pleased to see via a Mashable post last night this little gem:
"Over the weekend, we got some useful feedback that we could make people more clearly aware of when they are granting access to this data. We agree, and we are making changes to help ensure you only share this information when you intend to do so. We’ll be working to launch these updates as soon as possible, and will be temporarily disabling this feature until those changes are ready,” wrote Facebook’s Douglas Purdy"

I love the way that 'a damn good kicking for being totally stupid' has translated into 'useful feedback', don't you? So, while that slight panic is over, it's been a useful exercise for lots of people to assure that even less of their personal and private information can't fall into the hands of the Facebook monkeys.

And don't forget - if you can't see what the product being sold is, you ARE the product being sold.

Comments

[Paul Stainthorp]

Of course; a 'damn good kicking for being totally stupid' is 'useful feedback'. The best, least-ignorable sort. And if it happens in public: all the better.