Friend Finder on facebook has created a commotion. I always found it so innappropiate, what if i don't want X person to see me? or Find me. Even if I block him he can Still find me on Friend Finder... Please read.
In response to official complaints from German officials concerned about protecting user data, Facebook will change its Friend Finder tool to increase transparency about how the site uses imported contacts. However, it appears that many of the requested changes are already live, and it’s unclear whether any additional changes will only apply to German users or the site’s entire population. The move could also encourage more governments to levy restrictive privacy legislation against Facebook.
Friend Finder landed Facebook in the news earlier this year when it butted heads with Google over whether the social network could import contacts from Google’s Gmail if it didn’t allow users to export the addresses of friends. It also released the Impact tool, linked to on the home page under “Track your invites”, which made inviting friends seem like a game in order to encourage the viral spread of the service.
Facebook has clearly billed its Friend Finder as a tool that assists users when it’s also crucial to its own growth and successes. Since Facebook is already in compliance with many of the requests, changes shouldn’t immediately cause a significant hiccup in expansion.
