PALO ALTO, CA—All 1,472 employees of Facebook, Inc. reportedly burst out in uncontrollable laughter Wednesday following Albuquerque resident Jason Herrick's attempts to protect his personal information from exploitation on the social-networking site. "Look, he's clicking 'Friends Only' for his e-mail address. Like that's going to make a difference!" howled infrastructure manager Evan Hollingsworth, tears streaming down his face, to several of his doubled-over coworkers. "Oh, sure, by all means, Jason, 'delete' that photo. Man, this is so rich." According to internal sources, the entire staff of Facebook was left gasping for air minutes later when the "hilarious" Herrick believed he had actually blocked third-party ads.

This would be funnier if it wasn't so true. How many /b/-tards do you supect work at Facebook? My guess is quite a few. Think about that next time you upload a racy photo.

LifeLock CEO Todd Davis, whose number is displayed in the company’s ubiquitous advertisements, has by now learned that lesson. He’s been a victim of identity theft at least 13 times, according to the Phoenix New Times.

This guy got trolled so hard you can't help but laugh. How can this company still be in business? How is that even possible?

We all know that Facebook has been making privacy changes over the past few years which supposedly reflects society’s trends toward becoming more open. A new infographic produced by Matt McKeon effectively illustrates how Facebook has steadily decreased the default privacy settings of users’ profiles to be more open. The latest settings are surprisingly open and looking at the image below should make you wonder why Facebook is making profiles increasingly open.

I saw this a few days ago, but it's been making the rounds recently. I think I've had a dozen different people send this to me now. I've been ranting about Facebook privacy for a year or so now, so this is really no surprise to me. I deleted most information from my profile after the last bit push with turning all your interests into fan page associations. 

The thing is, outside of geeks, no one cares. We [web tards] are the minority. Early adopters are in the minority. We look at Facebook and say, "Remember when it was private and just for university students?" Most Facebook users don't have that memory. They never had that experience. For at least half of the people on Facebook, the current privacy controls aren't that different than the controls they had the day they joined. It's all they know.

Facebook is the new AOL. Having a Facebook page is the same thing as having an AOL profile back in 1995—the lowest common denominator for being on the Internet. There's nothing unique about it anymore, it's just a massive portal. I'm kind of glad too, because now I can justify ignoring it completely. I can go back to being just a little more arrogant.

"No, I don't use Facebook. That's for noobs. I roll 20s and code in vim. I'm a badass motherfucker. Yeah, what now?"

Developers looking to prove a point about the information people are sharing on social networking sites have unveiled a new tool called Please Rob Me. It hunts out tweets from people who are also using location-based services telling the world that they're out of town, and then directs the world to go rob their house. The creators of the site said: 'Don't get us wrong, we love the whole location-aware thing. The information is very interesting and can be used to create some pretty awesome applications. However, the way in which people are stimulated to participate in sharing this information is less awesome.' How long until the first actual robbery takes place?

I love this concept. Let me say that again: I LOVE this concept. Props to Barry Borsboom for going out there creating it.

I love geolocation, but the idea behind Foursquare is a bit, well... dumb. Broadcasting where you are to everyone? Why? Why would you do that? It seems like one of those things that people did just because they could, never stopping to think about whether or not they should. Foursquare would operate just fine if it was mostly anonymous, or if only your friends new where you were.

Just look at Google Latitude. Google Latitude shows your location without even having to check in. On BlackBerry and Android based devices it can operate in the background, constantly updating your location in real time. I've been using it since I switched to a BlackBerry and I think it's incredible. You can literally watch people as they roam around the city. But the difference is that it doesn't broadcast it out to everyone, only the people you choose. There isn't even a public setting, because (I suspect) Google realized that would be a pretty dumb feature.

I have a feeling that most people don't care. They just want to broadcast everything, all the time. If you put QR codes in bathroom stalls that did nothing but tweet that you were taking a dump, I venture that most people (who knew what they were) would use them. Hey, that gives me an idea for a toilet paper company...

Currently wiping my ass with with Charmin Ultra Soft at Kaffe 1668 - Tribeca (275 Greenwich St, New York) w/3 others!

Brilliant, Aaron. Brilliant.