Hi, my name is Facebook, will you go out with me?
by Tim McLoughlin on November 2nd, 2010.
Facebook is to stop showing users photos of their ex partners through its “photo memories” feature. The feature shows past photos of yourself and friends that are stored on the site, usually from other users profiles. This has led to photos of ex partners featuring regularly, something I’ve been only too aware of myself.
The site has now announced that it will stop showing old photos of users with their ex-partners. Great news for those who have found this feature to bring back bad memories. There is a catch – Facebook can only do this by storing details of our relationships where they have been publicly declared on the site. This further stirs the Facebook privacy debate. Facebook has shown it is happy to keep whatever personal data people place on the site meaning if you are seriously concerned about protecting your identity you shouldn’t place your personal information in the public domain.
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