20 Sep. Guardian and BBC News
a 14 year old girl from Harpenden, Hertfordshire (near St Albans) included her address in a Facebook invitiation to her friends for a 15th
birthday party and was swamped by RSVPs.
over 21,000 people said they would be coming and that is 2/3 the population of her town:o
the party is called off the the neighbourhood officers are on patrol to protect her home.
she had intended to invite 15 friends and has revealed problems with Facebook privacy settings.
they did not cover the address on her RSVP.
her address was posted a second time(not by the girl) and more people RSVPd
so the officers have to maintain a presence in the area should any issues arise.
A spokes woman for Facebook stressed that privacy settings for events are separate from personal privacy settings.
that must be comforting:?
however.....
the next day (21 Sep) there was news from FB that they are going to reveal "simplified" single control privacy setting in response to user criticism.
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