Facebook’s Privacy Policy is 5,830 words long; the United States Constitution, without any of its amendments, is a concise 4,543 words.Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking[caption id="attachment_1903" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Navigating Facebook's Privacy (Links to NY Times)"]
[/caption]Given Facebook's release of a slew of developer tools and APIs, providing Web sites the world over with the ability to access the user data of Facebook users and the ever (d)evolving changes to Facebook's privacy settings, it's no surprise that there's an outcry from individuals and privacy groups. The New York Times has published a great set of infographics laying out the "50 settings with more than 170 options" that a user has to work with to control how their information is used.
The accompanying article, Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking is well worth a read for anyone unfamiliar with the issues at stake.[caption id="attachment_1904" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Length of Facebook\'s Privacy Policy (Links to NY Times)"]
[/caption]The second infographic illustrates Facebook's ever-lengthening privacy policy. It's interesting to note that the policy has grown longer at the same rate that previously private user information has become public.