Openbook: "Conect and share whether you want to or not!"

http://youropenbook.org/about.html

So this is the about page for this site; like many articles we've been reading, it explains what facebook is doing and more of its failure to protect privacy, but also takes it one step further. Openbook actually exploits this deliberate hole left in its privacy security to provide a funny service, much in the way of fmlbook, failbook, etc. in that it will randomly search a term ("DNA test", "divorce trial", "going to a strip club""rectal exam") and display status updates with those terms in them. Refreshing over and over and just reading what other people-- complete strangers are doing is again, part of the voyeuristic pleasure people get out of it.

Now for those of you who are starting to get a little scared by all these facebook privacy articles, but don't really know how to mess with your privacy settings and aren't ready to give up your facebook yet, there is hope!

http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/

This site will scan your settings and show you where your vulnerabilities are. Their privacy terms are much more simpler, and it looks like they're fairly well-trusted around the interwebs (however much that means to you =p)

Chris Kwak
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