Privacy.

I was a late comer to Facebook, eventually enticed to it earlier this year after my friends insisted how great it was. I was hesitant though. As Bebo had left me not too fond on social networking sites.

It is quite frightening, the lack of security Bebo had, when you consider it now. The amount of spammy web cam comments people would get, or the ridiculous, creepy friend requests - it was really no place for young, naive teens. So when I was getting used to Facebook, it was quite pleasing to find the options available for my privacy. No longer is there only the simple option between 'private profile' or 'public profile' as was with Bebo. Facebook provides an entire section dedicated to privacy. With choices of what you want to share, and with whom.

But Facebook still has its hidden faults. Like, the times where it alters its privacy settings, or changes something. Only to not immediately inform its users. Several times I have only been warned of security changes through peoples status' that point it out. In the meantime my profile had been exposed a certain way without my knowing it.

I am quite concerned with privacy, I ensure my profile is well protected and am always surprised at the amount of information I can gather and stalk of someone that I am not even friends with. And the countless stories we have seen on the news related to hacked Facebook accounts or stories of young teens deciding to meet their online 'friends' (that they thought they knew) Privacy really should be more important that ever before.