Though you might not have noticed it, Facebook has implemented a new button designated to get you to reveal more information. It’s called the “Ask” button and it can be found under your profile picture, on the left side of the screen where all of your personal information can be found. There are those of us who choose not to detail every aspect of our lives, but Facebook has given our friends the power to make us do it anyways.
Want to know if someones in a relationship status? Just hit the ask button. Want to know where someone works or where they were born? Hit it again. There is apparently no way to turn the feature off and there is no limit to how many times someone can request for you to provide private information. You can’t delete a request, but can only ignore it if you truly have no interest in responding. The only thing the button does grant the “victim” at least, is requiring the inquirer to disclose their reasoning behind their request.
To this new button all we have to say is “Touche Facebook.” It is cunning and even genius. Why should they go through all the work when they can get our best internet friends to do it for them. Most of the time people want to be asked about themselves and feel more secure telling an actual person rather than a website. All Facebook has to do is sit back and collect the data rolling in.
Nothing is private in our world anymore, and certainly not on the internet. The best way to keep things private is to keep them off the internet. You should automatically assume that if you share information with one person whether on Facebook or email, anyone else with an internet connection could reasonably access that information too.
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