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Almost all of our students has a Faecbook profile.  I have always been amazed at how permissive this generation has been with its privacy.  In fact, as we work on revising Basic Marketing, I had planned to develop a new in-chapter box about Facebook and privacy.  The problem is that this topic has been such a fast-moving target.  By the time the book has been published — and out a year or two – things are likely to have changed a great deal.  So I have decided not to do that.  The graphics in this post by Matt McKeon  “The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook.”  Click on the graphic to see how privacy has evolved on Facebook in the last five years.

[UPDATE, May 9, 2010]  Maybe I spoke too soon — or I am biased by my 16 and 18-year old kids.  Shortly after I wrote this post, I read a New York Times article, “Tell-All Generation Learns to Keep Things Offline,” (May 8, 2010) that gives me hope that our students are becoming more cautious with their online privacy.

Tags: Privacy

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