Now this is new! If you have a Facebook account, searching for your name in Google will turn up not only a link to your Facebook page, but includes a list of your friends, as well! And that’s even if your privacy settings on Facebook are set to disallow public access, such as the “only My Networks and Friends can see my profile and personal info” settings.
Is this a deal between Facebook and Google? Did Google intentionally tweak their search algorithm to include the Facebook "friends" information? Does Facebook know? Did they help them do it?

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I think Facebook and MySpace are two of the worlds greatest security threats.

Hi,
Don't mean to butt in on this thread but I believe, if used correctly and safely, Facebook and all the other social network sites are quite safe to use. Obviously as with all of the internet there are people out there who seek to exploit such sites but that goes with the territory of using the internet. I suppose in retrospect NO site can claim to be totally safe, as loopholes exist on almost all machines and networks.

You are right that Facebook and the like can be used safely. But so can Windows and yet millions of users fail to do so. The problem with FB and the others is they cater to young people, the age groups where many don't care about security, or are convinced nothing bad can happen to them. Also bad about FB and the others is you really don't have much control how your friends and contacts use your data, once you give it to them.