60% consider quitting Facebook, privacy poll says - Yahoo! NewsThe scary headlines about Facebook privacy (or lack thereof) seem to have struck a chord with users of the ubiquitous social-networking service, with more than half of users in a recent online survey saying they're poised to bail on Facebook over worries about their private info.
Internet security firm Sophos posted the poll (which it acknowledged was unscientific), and its senior technology consultant Graham Cluley reported that of the 1,588 Facebook users who responded, a full 60 percent thought they would "possibly" quit Facebook or were "highly likely" to do so over privacy concerns. Sixteen percent said they'd already nixed their accounts. (Computerworld Philippines reported on Cluley's blog post.)The survey results coincide with yet another Facebook privacy controversy: The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that several social-networking sites, including Facebook and MySpace, had been sending user names and IDs to advertising companies (including Google's DoubleClick and Yahoo!'s own Right Media) without users' consent.
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