How Facebook’s New Privacy Controls Work by Jolie O’Dell

{This article looked worth reposting. The author is Jolie O'Dell and she does a great job of discussing issues many of us are interested in}


Facebook's privacy settings and users' concerns have been debated and analyzed ad nauseum over the past several weeks. With today's announcement, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company hope to put the talk — and the fear and mistrust — to rest.
"We made a lot of changes at the same time," Zuckerberg said regarding his company's f8 announcements of the Open Graph API and other new Facebook features. "A lot of what we were trying to do got lost. We really need to simplify the controls… The feedback we got from users really resonated with us."
Facebook's new privacy controls are dead simple, as simple as a single button-click for sharing or restricting all your information — from your birthday and contact information to your posts and photos.
Now, Facebook will give users one simple control for all sharing. In a couple clicks, you can change all your settings, and the changes will apply retroactively as well. And of course, changes will apply to any new products that might be released in the future.
Read the rest of the article at Mashable.