Social Steganography: Learning to Hide in Plain Sight

And, I know she's using the term loosely, but in general steganography does not require a loss of information. "Always look on the bright side of life" conveys much less information than "I just broke up with my bf".

Until, of course, next time they decide to change the privacy settings without telling anyone; or next time there's a glitch.

Personally I solve these problems by having a "no workmates or family members as facebook friends" rule. If I wouldn't be happy for them to see me at 3am with a bra on my head puking in a gutter, I won't friend 'em.

Facebook was just used to give an example of where/why/how people apply social stenography.

edit: add a 'why' and a 'how'

And you only have to screw up once. No sale.

The fact that I'd have four or five intersecting such groups to deal with is a major reason I'm not on Facebook. Don't even care to try.

Hmm,

I didn't know this. But I think most users probably don't know this. If they knew, they probably couldn't be bothered. Figuring what to share with whom manually is a daunting task.

I suspect most folks either:

   * Maintain multiple identities. 
   * Just share everything and hope for the best. 
   * Limit what they share on facebook to what they 
   would share in "public

Not necessarily in that order

Edit: If Facebook could automatically suggest who to share what with, then they would an ultimate kller app. But I think this problem is too hard currently, to say the least.