I love how everyone treats privacy like it were such a binary thing. Fact is, it's not.
For instance, how many folks on Facebook who were arrested and/or fined for DUI would openly say so? How many of them do you figure would publicly admit to having had syphilis, gonorrhea, or HIV? How many of them would relate their true deepest sexual fantasies and preferences? How many post their Social Security (US) number? How many would openly allow Facebook to place an agent on their web browser and post all the sites they have visited in the past week, month, year? How many would publicly post that they've declared Bankruptcy in the past five years?
The answer to all of those is probably "none, if any, and those that do exist are likely fake or forgeries".
In the middle, we have stuff that we don't mind folks knowing. This time, I can only present myself as an example: I don't mind people knowing that I work in IT. I enjoy 'talking shop' with near-perfect strangers in the same field. I don't mind giving a rough estimate of my salary (so close to six figures that I can almost taste it). I have no problem with sharing funny (even self-deprecating) stories about myself with friends.
Then of course there's the usual business/government stuff: I have to tell Pizza Hut my home address and phone number so they can get my purchase to me and/or call me back if there's a problem - and my CC# in order to pay for the thing (unless I use cash). I have to tell the local DOT/DMV my birthdate, Social Security number, insurance carrier name, etc. if I want to renew my car's tags or renew the driver's license.
Then there's the stuff that people don;t care who would know/find out - usually their first names, what town they live in, etc.
Long story short - privacy is not black/white. It's a ginormous spectrum of gray, with a sliver of white or black on either end.
If you believe this interview with an "anonymous Facebook employee" is genuine, then it's even worse than you've heard. Full disclosure: there's nothing on my Facebook page that I'd mind a friend knowing, someone I went to elementary school with, or (except for my phone #)really even someone who just Googled me. Why would you have it any other way?
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