Dumping Friends on Facebook Helps Make You Secure, Arizona State University Study

WORRIED about loose-tongued friends sharing your private details with the world? Culling the least discreet members of your social network will help you feel more secure, but it's not a perfect solution. What if your best friend is an offender?Google's social networking site, Google+ had been running for less than a week when it turned out there was nothing to stop your friends "resharing" posts with the entire internet. Google now lets users disable reshares, but the problem is indicative of how little control you have over what your friends do.

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