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by neya 4974 days ago
Thank you for exposing this. Much appreciated. Here's one more - The last time I checked, Facebook revealed 'what you liked' to search engines like Google. For example, if you search for your name inside double quotes like this - "Your Name" you will see your name listed virtually on every single page you liked, for example, If you had liked Sony's Facebook fan page, then your name would appear in the search results something like this - "[Your name] and 8 others like this"

That's strange because I did tell Facebook under my account settings NOT to list my profile or my name on Search engines.

To summarize - So be careful with what you 'like', because it really just takes a Google search to find out your interests. This could (potentially) be a problem if you are actively seeking employment (and if you had 'liked' some crazy stuff) or if you have a crazy girlfriend.