[villagetinker]

Years ago, I consider FB to be the biggest security risk you could participate in, looks like I may have been proven right. In any case, I have managed to not participate in this security fiasco. IMHO, FB should automatically change ALL settings for maximum security and privacy, and then inform the users how to change settings, and THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGING THE SETTINGS. They also need to completely block access to any friends and contacts info from YOUR FB page.

As for the suggestion above, I would NOT consider an additional payment for security, as a matter of fact, I would want them to pay me if I lowered security. These same concerns go for Amazon, Google Chrome, Gmail, and all of the other apps that gather and share info.

On a side note: have you ever looked at the apps on your phone? On Android, you can see all of the information apps can see and you can actually take the access to this information away from the apps. For example, why does the flashlight app need access to my contact list, my email, my location, etc?

OK, I have vented, please be kind in replies.