Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online
Febuary 7, 2012
CNN.com Tech
I found this article to be more interesting than the other selected articles because I myself have been using Facebook since my Freshman year of high school, which was 4 years ago. For this reason I found it interesting and amazing that photos I personally may have deleted from my Facebook page could still be backed up on the Facebook system. To some this can be a scary thought. Some people delete photos for very specific and personal reasons and the thought of the photos still being backed up on the Facebook system can cause some anxiety and unrest. Computer hacking has become a serious problem in the past few years and it is a problem that has been known to uncover and spread personal information to the public. With this in mind it becomes all the more nerve racking for people who delete certain pictures because they may come to find the pictures resurface in the future.
I personally found this article to be extremely shocking and amazing. Facebook is a multi-billion dollar company and has over 700 million members world wide. For that reason you would think that their systems would be top notch and virtually flawless. It's even more shocking that they took so long to fix the problem after being made aware of it after Ars Technica first researched the problem in 2009.
I believe this article may cause Facebook to respond in swift and dramatic fashion as the company is currently in the works of filing for an IPO in order for the company to go public and be traded on the stockmarket. The new system that they are working on now will delete photos permanently within 45 days which is a dramatic improvement compared to the old system. One must also hold into account that with such high traffic and users, it's only natural for the system to run "a little" bit slow with deleting photos. 45 days is a lot better and reasonable compared to 3 years however it is still shocking that it took them so long to fix the problem.
I also agree that it can cause some anxiety and unrest that photos that I have deleted can still be found on Facebook. Like you said, there are reasons why those photos were deleted and it can eventually hurt you in the long run when you go to apply for jobs or for whatever your reason may be. Also, you said that Facebook is a multi billion dollar company and that you would think that their servers would be flawless. Hopefully they can fix this issue because I do not want to have photos that I deleted come up ever again. I believe that hackers no matter what would be able to find the pictures that we delete but its just the fact that job employers can find them still. I guess you just have to be careful with what you put on Facebook from now on. This article seems like it had a lot of good information and can offer a lot of insight about Facebook.
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