[Silhouette]

> What if your bank decided to publish the activity on your accounts?

As something of an advocate for privacy and data protection, I have found it instructive to compare the recent behaviour at Facebook and Google with that of Mint, whose entire business basically depends on people trusting them with access codes to their bank accounts.

I'm not saying Mint's approach is perfect, but this is the first line in point 1 of their Privacy and Security Policy (http://www.mint.com/privacy/security-policy/):

"Simply put, we do not and will not sell or rent your personal information to anyone, for any reason, at any time."

(For the avoidance of doubt, I am in no way connected with Mint, Intuit or any related organisation. I'm just an interested observer of how privacy and security are handled by on-line businesses, and found them a useful example.)

[jeebusroxors]

Out of curiosity - did facebook have a similar policy and then go about changing it? They also note they post changes on their website, but it does not need to be on the front page, or other high traffic area.

I have seen this service before and really like it, however I just can't trust them with my bank info.

[Super74]

Here's a great infographic (http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/) highlighting Facebook's changes to their default policies regarding the stuff the general public can view on your profile.

The trick they are pulling is to default "yes" for you when they update the policies. You are then forced to go through the labyrinth of settings to change everything back. Clever, no?