This is the final nail in the coffin for me. I really value my privacy on Farcebook and hate the idea that anyone can look me up save those I want to find me. Yes, it's their site, we're the products being sold and we don't have to use it. But here it is.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/11/facebook_privacy_deletion/
So if you're one of those people who don't like people looking you up, well, tough. Be [even more] careful about you say or, well, get out. Now your employers, employees, nemeses, anyone you don't want can potentially find you. Time to go back to pseudonyms.
Facebook is binning a feature that lets people retain their anonymity on the social network.
The retirement of the "Who can look up your Timeline by name?" privacy setting was announced by the company on Thursday. It means anyone can find the profile of someone else through the search bar.
People used to be able to make themselves disappear from the search functions built into the site, and hide their presence on the network to strangers by modifying the setting.
Facebook had removed the feature for everyone that hadn't turned it on late last year, and now is erasing it for those who opted in as well.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/11/facebook_privacy_deletion/
So if you're one of those people who don't like people looking you up, well, tough. Be [even more] careful about you say or, well, get out. Now your employers, employees, nemeses, anyone you don't want can potentially find you. Time to go back to pseudonyms.