Do you have a Facebook account? Facebook and I parted ways. The social media is very invasive asking for too much personal information. 11/2011 it was reported that the social networking service Facebook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. http://ftc.gov/opa/2011/11/privacysettlement.shtm Only 15% of Americans say they share "everything" or "most things" online, lower than the world average of 24%.
Huffingtonpost.com has numerous stories of Facebook being hacked. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/facebook-hacked While Facebook is not alone in falling victim to hackers, I am not required to provided so much personal information. The minimum amount of information required to create a personal Facebook account is a first name, last name, valid email address, password, gender and birth date.
According to MSN Money, "While the social media network trumpets its 1 billion users, new research indicates about 100 million of them could be dogs, brands or even toasters." in the Millions of Facebook's users are actually pets article. http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=a95315e6-96b6-4b98-8e8c-c431739eda9c
In March 2011, a Michigan man was charged with polygamy after he shared photos from his second marriage on Facebook. Anything You Say on Facebook Can & Will Be Used Against You in a Court Of Law http://blogs.lawyers.com/2011/11/anything-you-say-on-facebook-can-will-be-used-against-you-in-a-court-of-law/
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