Facebook CEO's Personal Pictures Exposed by New Privacy Policy - Stealth Fusion

Pepper · #1 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 01:25 AM

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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's 25-year-old co-founder and chief executive, marked the social network's privacy shift by making 290 photos public on his personal profile last week.
The happy snaps included shots of Mr Zuckerberg cuddling a teddy bear in his pyjamas, lounging shirtless by the pool, and playing a mock lightsaber battle in the office with his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan.
But shortly after tech blog Valleywag made a gallery of Mr Zuckerberg's most candid photos, the images were removed from public view on Facebook.
"For those wondering, I set most of my content to be open so people could see it," Mr Zuckerberg wrote on his Wall.
"I set some of my content to be more private, but I didn't see a need to limit visibility of pics with my friends, family or my teddy bear

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However, all of the pictures he mentions now have limited visibility. The only information regular users can see is his basic info and Wall.
Mr Zuckerberg's Wall also mentions that he likes waking up to the Rudy theme song, and a few months ago he joined the 20,000-plus members of the group "I automatically hate the new Facebook home page".
Valleywag said the about-face with his photo album was a "dumb move, PR-wise."
"On the one hand, Facebook' (sic) own chief executive is illustrating that his privacy settings are so baffling that even he himself doesn't grasp their full implications," said blogger Ryan Tate.
"And, on the other, we already published the most embarrassing stuff! Sigh."

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