I’ve written before that some folks really need lessons on how the Internet works. Nothing you post is completely private and even once deleted, it’s not necessarily gone.
This more true now than a few years ago, too.
Facebook, which was originally a fairly private network where only people you’d authorized as “friends” could see what you were posting has been gradually opening up more and more data to the public.
And now openbook is here to show us why this is a problem.
openbook scans updates that people may think are private for search terms like “rectal exam,” “cheated on a test,” and “I hate my job,” and displays the results neatly for the whole world to see.
So, while one should double-check their privacy settings on whatever social network they’re using, it might also be best to just not announce getting a rectal exam to the entire Intertnet.
