Senator Al Franken Facebook privacy settings

They aren't going to stop until someone sues the $@%& out of them.

Evidently he's given a lot of thought to the flow and control of personal information posted by users on the internet. It would be nice if websites followed the "opt in" rather than the "opt out" route when it comes to these things. It would be even nicer if some senator made this the defacto standard...

He should do a Stuart Smalley skit to get his point across.<p><i>I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, I have ten thousand friends, and doggone it, people like me!</i>

I'm really on the fence here. On the one hand, its a business and they need to make money to remain viable. On the other, the way the bury the option to turn it off makes me think this could be a lot more transparent. If they feel like they need it to survive, i think they should look at a model where turning it on (opt in) gives you some advantage.

I was wondering why Yalp (which I rarely visit) knew about my Facebook account.

No, those links at the bottom aren't adsense. He's not <i>that</i> web savvy!