Monday, 31 May 2010

The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook

For the Imbalance brief I have been looking at data graphics. Below are a set done by Matt McKeon, a developer working with the Visual Communication Lab at IBM Research. They document the how Facebook's privacy policies have changed over the years and how newer default settings grant access to different data sets on your profile:







A scary thought indeed to see how your data has spread through the years, however a nice example of data visulisation. Simple, effective, clean.

An interactive version of this can be seen on McKeon's website: http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/

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