There's a lot going on here. Facebook reports to be a social networking site. As such, one might expect to exchange contact info with someone they meet on the site. Of course, this means Facebook actually has to store it. That's fine.
The problem is that Facebook has insecure defaults. It is reasonable for a person to assume that contact information would only be visible to their "friends" (whether or not they are accepting random people as friends is another issue). Facebook should make it painfully clear that this isn't the case, and give its users more robust tools to control their data.
Of course, even if this does happen (which it won't, because it is in Facebook's every interest to keep as much of your info public as they can), some users will still leave their contact info public and wonder why they get calls from strangers...
Remember when you learned how to write checks in the third grade? I think it is time to prepare kids for controlling their online identity formally...
The problem is that Facebook has insecure defaults. It is reasonable for a person to assume that contact information would only be visible to their "friends" (whether or not they are accepting random people as friends is another issue). Facebook should make it painfully clear that this isn't the case, and give its users more robust tools to control their data.
Of course, even if this does happen (which it won't, because it is in Facebook's every interest to keep as much of your info public as they can), some users will still leave their contact info public and wonder why they get calls from strangers...
Remember when you learned how to write checks in the third grade? I think it is time to prepare kids for controlling their online identity formally...