Risk News

4/9/2012
Selling You on Facebook
Julia Angwin and Jeremy Singer-Vine, Wall Street Journal

"Many popular Facebook apps are obtaining sensitive information about users—and users' friends—so don't be surprised if details about your religious, political and even sexual preferences start popping up in unexpected places."

Annie's take:

If you wish to keep details of your preferences and your personal life as private as it is possible to do with social media, then don't subscribe to third party applications available with Facebook. And double check your privacy settings at least once a month to be sure that the security choices you have made are still current.