Whether there is a security/privacy feature in Facebook, if you have nothing to hide (which, no one should) then you don't have a problem.

I know it's great to see some old friends from high school or whatever but do you really need to post everything about yourself online? What ever happened to going to visit friends or a phone call? Call me old fashioned but it holds true especially to kids. They see their friends all day at school and can call them to have them over or go to their house after school and on the weekends. Do they really need a facebook page or MSN messenger to communicate with them? We wonder why obesity rates among children and teens is going up. I don't think building a generation of young people who only know how to communicate with people by sitting on their butts behind a screen is helping the situation. As for adults, we do have personal freedoms. But with that comes personal responsibility. You can't blame facebook for your lost job or broken relationships. You can only blame yourself.

S.M., I think your taking a very short-sighted approach to the issue. The "I've got nothing to hide" argument really translates to "I don't care what happens, as long as it doesn't happen to me".

We aren't just speaking about potentially criminal activity here, but anything that might prove embarrassing or serve to discredit you. It might seem okay to have pictures of you having fun at a party when you're in college, but it might be something entirely different if the photo turns up online after you've entered the business world. I don't believe for a minute that there's anybody out there who's never done something they regret or that made them embarrassed.

There's a very interesting paper on the topic which can be read here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/187371/-Ive-Got-Nothing-To-Hide-and-other-Misunderstandings-of-Privacy

Mike T, I totally agree with you. Ian Murphy, what are you talking about??? - first of all, you don't know me, so why make yourself look like a moron, with your 'translation' of what you THINK I am saying. I don't run people's lives, so, whatever they post on their FaceBook has nothing to do with me, they decide to post what they post for themselves, and the last time I checked, I don't speak for other people, so - I only worry about what I post. Everyone has done something embarrassing and/or regretful, but that doesn't mean everyone has posted it on their facebook.

SL M, it's not just about what you choose to post about yourself. It's also about what others can post about you. If somebody tags you in a picture that they upload to Facebook, that picture is now visible to you and anyone in your friends list.

Ian Murphy, and like I said, if you don't have anything to hide or be embarrassed about, someone taking your pic wouldn't matter.... if you're doing something that you wouldn't want exposed to the general public, then people should think about what they're doing before they do it...and some people do think, some people don't..... just depends on who you are. That's probably why FaceBook has security options that you can use, that allows you to let certain people view certain parts of your FaceBook profile, such as pics, videos, wall posts, status, personal information etc..... so, if someone has things they want to hide, they access to use those options...... if you have FB or checked it out, you would see that.