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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Facebook Users Can No Longer Delete Chat History

It's starting to feel like anyone with anything to hide needs to find better hiding spots. For instance, people trying to keep their Facebook chats from prying eyes best find another IM program, because they can no longer erase chat history.

I discovered this while chatting the other day. Anyone who's ever IM'd knows those conversations can go all over the place, and frankly, I like to think of each conversation as a fresh start.

Nick O'Neill on AllFacebook also noticed, and linked to a forum where there are 132 posts complaining about the removal of the popular feature.

Sheesh, what's with this need to keep things? We just found out yesterday "deleted" photos stay on Facebook servers far longer than we ever would have imagined. Now, we find out conversations linger, too.

GO HERE to read more.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Facebook is a CIA creation - as was Google.

This has all been admitted

Alex said...

Is 10:33 the same loon that was going off about numerology yesterday?

Anonymous said...

Dunno, but he is correct

Anonymous said...

Alex,
think about it for a minute. Let's assume the CIA did not create Facebook or Google.

You have to admit one thing: They wouldn't be doing their job very well if they didn't monitor these two domains.

The CIA spies on American citizens.

Can't you at least admit that?

Anonymous said...

Anyone who places their private information on the internet is just plain stupid.
Placing your information on the internet is like letting the genie out of the bottle.
I got news. Anything you have EVER put on the internet is still out there somewhere. Facebook has everything that ever was placed on their servers. EVERYTHING

Anonymous said...

That's one of the reasons I don't use my name on this site.

Anonymous said...

The thought of the CIA peeking in on me....the thought just.....umm you know

Anonymous said...

I need to add a tinfoil hat to my hat collection.