Privacy Advocates Wary of Facebook Connect

Facebook is walking a fine line again by rolling out Facebook Connect, a feature the company first talked about in May. Facebook Connect allows one log-in to easily share subject matter across other social networks and Web sites.

The convenience of no longer having to type in profile data on multiple Web sites may be valuable to users, but at what risk to users’ privacy? The popular social-networking site said the new feature will let a user connect a

Facebook history with a Web site, using a trusted authentication process.

As the user moves around the Web, privacy settings will follow so the user’s info and privacy settings are up to term, according to Facebook. Already the company said it will roll out the service to Discovery.com, Digg and Hulu in the next few weeks.

When Facebook first announced the new feature, company officials said they would work with identity […]

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