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Facebook changes your e-mail ID without asking you

Facebook is an extremely popular phenomenon and they have a bunch of services, one of which is the free e-mail service. The e-mail service that was launched

June 26, 2012 / 12:10 IST

Facebook is an extremely popular phenomenon and they have a bunch of services, one of which is the free e-mail service. The e-mail service that was launched back in late 2010 was enabled, but it hasn’t caught on just yet. Gmail is currently the most popular service of the lot. Facebook now has gone ahead and done something that many would disapprove of. They’ve enabled the Facebook e-mail address in your personal information page, making it public without your knowledge. While this might not seem like a great deal, it does open up your e-mail address, exposing it to spammers. This means that anyone who has access to your information page will be able to see your e-mail address. Most users expect a service to notify them before making such a move and Facebook hasn’t.

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first published: Jun 26, 2012 12:02 pm

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