Hi Teresa,

thanks for checking this out.  I always expect the worst from FB when it comes 
to users' privacy, so it didn't set off any alarms at all.  Sorry all for the 
false alarm.
Best,
Donna
On Sep 29, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:

> Here's more info:
> http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/privatemessages.asp
> On Sep 29, 2012, at 7:04 AM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Can you post a link to more info about this? I can't help thinking it sounds 
>> like one of those viral hoaxes that go around getting folks stirred up.
>> 
>> Teresa
>> 
>> On Sep 29, 2012, at 6:07 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Please excuse the cross-post, but I thought everyone would like to know 
>>> this.
>>> 
>>> Apparently Facebook is messing around with people's privacy settings yet 
>>> again.  Now all of your private messages sent prior to 2010 are visible to 
>>> all, as someone put it on FB, they just look like regular wall posts.  the 
>>> only instructions I've seen so far to hide these messages are for sighted 
>>> users, but generally, you have to go into your timeline, go to years 2007, 
>>> 2008, 2009, and hide each year's messages.  Not quite sure how we're 
>>> supposed to do this, if I learn more I'll post.  This may be just obnoxious 
>>> enough to get me to leave Facebook.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Donna 
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