Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update
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Stalks you, sir The introduction of new features on social network site Facebook has sparked a backlash from users. Design changes to the site violate user privacy and ought to be scrapped, according to disgruntled users who have launched a series of impromptu protests. One protest site is calling for users to boycott Facebook on 13 September in opposition against a feature called News Feed, which critics argue is a Godsend for stalkers.â¦
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College students are up in arms, and it has nothing to do with the war in Iraq or rising tuition fees. The objects of their ire are the new features added to Facebook.com's social networking Web site that distribute any updated personal information from members' pages to their friends -- without the member's consent.
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Get those photos cleaned up... Facebook users may no longer be able to hide after the website announced it is launching a service that enables anyone to view member profiles.â¦
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'It's the new Google' Facebook has been sued for bombarding the wrong people with intermittently-X-rated mobile text messages.â¦
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Fortinet warns Facebook users to be wary of the Secret Crush widget.
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The influx of business users into Facebook's formerly college-centric community has led to a culture clash for some longtime users, leading them to reconsider how much personal information they share on the site.
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By ANICK JESDANUN  NEW YORK - Users of the online hangout Facebook revolted and won as the site agreed Friday to let them turn off a new feature that drew privacy complaints because it lets others easily see changes made to their personal profile pages.
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Company first released update last fall, but is issuing it again to stress to users that they could be at risk if they don't follow through.
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Insecure and antisocial networking A popular Facebook application that promises users privacy in exchange for opinions on their friends is acting as a stooly by offering the information for others to buy.â¦
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Fast-growing U.S. social network   Web site Facebook said on Friday it has adopted new privacy   controls following an unprecedented online backlash over a new   feature that let users track their friends online.
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Facebook.com, stung last week by the wrath of members who want to sever their relationships, tripped again when it tried to let them do so.
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Serves up ads for deceptive security software Facebook has become the latest website to be found pushing services that deliver highly deceptive security warnings designed to trick users into buying software.â¦
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Denizens of one of the Web's most popular student hangouts are in an uproar over changes to the site that they say make their online musings much too public, turning their personal lives into a flashing billboard.
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Gossip website has started self-censoring pictures in the wake of concern over treatment of celebrities
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Facebook is now taking steps to prevent some third-party applications from engaging in "inappropriate actions".
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MacCentral - A handful of Web sites, including the site for the popular open source bulletin board project phpBB, have been compromised this week by a group apparently trying to make a political point.
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By ANICK JESDANUN, Associated Press writer  NEW YORK  Users of the online hangout Facebook revolted and won as the site agreed Friday to let them turn off a new feature that drew privacy complaints because it lets others easily see changes made to their personal profile pages.