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"If you thought the news feed was a threat to your privacy, be warned: Facebook is announcing Public Search Listings today, meaning profiles will be searchable through Facebook, and soon turn up on Google, Yahoo and MSN Search.  \nAs of tomorrow, search will be available through Facebook; users will then have one month to change their privacy settings before profiles get indexed by the major search engines.  These results will include, at most, your name and profile picture.\nObviously that's a move that could scare some users, and there are some restrictions: you must have your profile set to viewable by \"everyone\" in order to appear, and only your limited profile will be public.  Additionally, only profiles of those over 18 years old will be shown.  The screenshots below show the new Facebook search box on the homepage and the search result displayed if your profile is set to appear.  It's also worth noting that some Facebook profiles have already been indexed by Google for a long time now, presumably due to users posting badges to them from other sites.\nFacebook explains:\nThe Public Search Listing of a profile shows the profile picture thumbnail and links to interact with a user on Facebook.  People will always have to log in or register to poke, message or add someone as a friend.  A user can also restrict what information shows in their public listing by going to the search privacy page.  For instance, if a user does not want their profile picture to be shown, they can uncheck that box under \u201CWhat people can do with my search results\u201D. \nClearly Facebook needs to drive more traffic from name-based searches, but the site's privacy-conscious audience isn't go to like this initially.  So far, however, Zuckerberg's judgment has been good, with controversial moves eventually delivering gains for the site.   \n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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