Nebst der berechneten Zahl von 150, einer Erklärung und einer Selbstanalyse zum Thema „Freunde“ auf Facebook, spricht Ruchira Paul auch einen offensichtlichen Aspekt sozialer Netzwerke in puncto Datenschutz an.
Unlike my transactions with the bank or an internet merchant, I can actually control how much information (photos, home and email address, telephone number and other personal details) I make public on a blog or Facebook. There is always the risk that someone else may share information that we don’t necessarily wish to share. […] I find it just a bit odd that there is so much concern and uproar about privacy by social networkers who willingly sign up and share personal data that they don’t have to. Facebook knows only what they allow it to know.