The more people who delete your Facebook account

The number of Facebook users (Facebookers) who chose to close their accounts at the page top social networking is growing.

The phenomenon that occurs after a controversy over his careless Facebook managers in protecting personal space (privacy), the account owner so that the activities she had done in his account to see other people.

Thus says the daily pages of The Financial Times, Saturday, May 15, 2010, with data sourced from the largest information search pages, Google. According to Google, the number of search words to find out “how to delete an account on Facebook” This week has more than doubled from last week, reaching a record high. Most questions came from the United States (U.S.).

Google even provides concrete examples of the increasing number of Facebook users are disappointed. If you understand English, try typing “how do i” in the search field at Google, the page will automatically forward a series of words into a sentence “how do i delete my facebook account” (how can I delete an account on Facebook). The sentence was at the top of the list on the Google search field because the most widely sought.

Facebook in the past week the manager was busy wait on negative news media for its ability to protect the privacy of the account owner. This is what makes a number of leading columnists rubric of technology specialists and the famous bloggers choose to close their accounts from Facebook permanently.

Peter Rojas, founder of the leading gadget pages gdgt.com, told ABC News claimed was no longer willing to deal with Facebook. Because, Rojas claimed to have spent a lot of time can not stand just to manage his account so as not to be viewed or copied by fellow Facebook users who are not familiar with.

“Continuous monitoring channel settings [setting] a personal appearance was very complicated. We can never be sure can control everything, “said Rojas.

In a blog that is displayed in the pages of The Guardian, Friday, May 14, 2010, Andrew Brown also expressed his disappointment to Facebook. “When you care about your privacy and friends, do not use Facebook anymore. We are considered products, not consumers, “wrote Brown.

This week is also among the European data protection officials have written a letter to Facebook that policy changes in the regulation of personal space in December last year the account owner “unacceptable.” A number of senators in the U.S. was also concerned similar to Facebook.

So far this week the new Facebook chat service disabled after they discovered a bug that makes a user get a peek at the contents of the conversation of his friends with others in private.

Meanwhile, the manager refused to disclose how many Facebook users who have deleted their accounts. Facebook managers only disclose that fact, since the conference between web developers “f8″ months ago, Facebook active users has increased 10 million to more than 400 million people.

Lev Popov, a Facebook software engineer, revealed that it has completed the page with a number of devices that guarantee the security of personal data are not easily infiltrated the account owner of a stranger. Upgrade systems that have recently conducted Facebook also makes the account owner can block access to suspicious.

“We believe that these new devices and systems will be more useful in preventing unauthorized access and disruption caused by the intrusion,” said Popov, such as pages loaded BBC television.

However, according to Popov, the most powerful security is derived from the owner of the respective accounts. “As usual, the first line of defense is your own. We need your help to adopt safe behavior in using Facebook as well as when surfing to other pages, “said Popov.