What Facebook Doesn't Tell You About Privacy

via PCWorld:

Let us be perfectly clear: While Facebook has received a lot of criticism lately about its new privacy policies and Open Graph concept, which allows them to partner with other sites which will also have access to some Facebook user data, Facebook isn’t explicitly keeping secrets from you. But some security professionals and users continually knock the site for what they say are less-than-clear explanations about where your data is going, and how secure the site really is. … This is what Facebook isn’t saying outright to members.

• We don’t want you to change your privacy settings
• Leaving your information public can put make you a target for Facebook scams.
• We have little control over application security
• We know which websites you’re visiting
• Your information is being stored in places outside of Facebook

Click through to read the explanations and Facebook’s stance for each of the bullets.