July 4th Facebook privacy protest
A note to my Facebook friends to explain my pending disappearance.
I have always valued privacy. Unfortunately, Facebook seems to be moving toward the belief that my information becomes their property to do with as they wish. I have noted many changes in privacy settings recently. The changes are made without sufficient notice and seem to always result in the sharing of my information without my permission.
What Facebook needs to do is simple. Change from an ‘opt out policy’ to an ‘opt in policy’. Under this concept any change made would automatically be set with the strictest sharing policy rather than the loosest. IE nobody but me can view it unless I allow them to.  This moves the decision on what to share back to me and away from Facebook. This is as it should be. It is my information; it should be my choice.
What can you do if you disagree with Facebook’s policy?
On July 3rd post a note stating that you are joining the Facebook independence protest. Then on July 4th deactivate your account for 24 hours. You can always reactivate your account. If enough people do it it will send a message.
Please don’t get me wrong I enjoy Facebook and hope they see the light. But I doubt they will.
Unless Facebook changes very soon I will be deleting my account permanently.