Blog #2

Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online Publication Date: Tue February 7, 2012 Source: Ars Technica The article about Facebook photos not being deleted was a very interesting one to say the least. At this point it is safe to say that most if not all of us in this class have Facebook accounts. With the possibilities we have ahead of us in the job industry, we wouldn't want a photo from years coming back to haunt is when it comes time for the interview. The article written by Jacqui Cheng explains how photos that users of Facebook may have thought they had deleted end up still being in the system up to three years later. Facebook claims that their older systems "did not always delete images from content delivery networks in a reasonable period of time even though they were immediately removed from the site," So those pictures you thought were long gone, are still lingering around. Facebook claims that they are working on a new system that will delete these photos within a month and a half of them being removed from the site itself. The article also states that when they interviewed Facebook a few years ago they claimed a similar thing. To go along with their past interviews Facebook also has a reputation of claiming ideas way before they happen. I think that Facebook needs to take care of the situation as soon as possible. We have all deleted photos of the site at one point or another; all though the reasoning behind it may have been different, we all wanted it gone and gone for good. There is no purpose of them keeping the photos and they need to create a system that will delete them instantly, why not? After reading the article I will think twice before uploading photos and I hope the rest of you do so as well. As many professors say we need to ask ourselves "Would you want your mother seeing this?" If the answer is no, then your soon to be boss most likely wouldn't approve either.