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"Consumer Reports's June 2010 State of the Net survey highlights the increased adoption of social networks like Facebook across households and also underscores some of the privacy and security hazards associated with social networking.One of the most interesting elements of the survey was just how many users are unaware \u2014 or don't care \u2014 about privacy settings when it comes to social networks.\nConsumer Reports says that one in four households with a Facebook account have users who aren't aware of or don't choose to use Facebook's built-in privacy controls. While that may give some credence to Mark Zuckerberg's \"privacy is dead\" declaration, it still makes us pause, especially when you consider how basic information used on Facebook \u2014 like your full name and birthday \u2014 can be utilized in identity theft. \nAnother interesting tidbit from the survey \u2014 26% of parents on Facebook posted the names and photos of their children. Now, this may be innocuous, but we have to ask: How many parents understand that unless they have that information restricted to certain user groups that it is really public information?\nThat's actually one of the more interesting aspects of Facebook's new Open Graph; it isn't that Open Graph necessarily has any different privacy implications, it's just more evident how public many of Facebook's settings really are.\nIn addition to releasing the report, Consumer Reports hosted a panel in New York today about social networks and consumer behavior. Mashable's Adam Ostrow was one of the panelists. You can watch the entire conversation below.\nWhat do you think of the way that consumers are using social networks? Let us know in the comments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nimage courtesy of iStockphoto, wakila\n\n\nFor more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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