People Searches in your Facebook Activity Log

I stumbled across an article today from Gizmodo: Facebook Is Now Recording Everyone You Stalk.

Yes, the headline is attention-getting – that’s the idea, right?

Before you panic, here’s the short version:

• A new “feature” being rolled out to Facebook users, that records your people searches in your Activity Log.
• It’s not retroactive, and is being gradually rolled out to users.
• Your Activity is only visible to you, and not to your Facebook “audience”.
• You do have the option to clear your search history as well.

Take a few minutes to read the article (there are links to the Facebook announcement included in it).

And if you’re searching for people (stalking is a harsh word, certainly none of our readers would be doing such things), you will be leaving some breadcrumbs.