Facebook's Graph Search worries security experts

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/727502/facebook-s-graph-search-worries-security-experts

By Antone Gonsalves
CSO
January 24, 2013

Facebook's new Graph Search has security experts warning people who use the 
social network to raise their privacy settings in order to avoid embarrassment 
or becoming victims of cybercriminals.

Graph Search, which Facebook introduced this month and is rolling out 
gradually, lets people use naturally phrased queries, such as "Mexican 
restaurants my friends like," and receive personalized results. The service 
makes a lot more useful information available to people, and it gives Facebook 
a new venue for selling advertising.

Unfortunately, while better search is good for Facebook and its users, it also 
brings more opportunities for scammers and potential embarrassment for people 
who are careless about their privacy settings.

Tom Scott posted on the microblogging and social networking site Tumblr queries 
that returned results that few people would want to be a part of. They included 
"married people who like prostitutes" and "current employers of people who like 
racism."

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