FacebookSearch makes your public status updates and makes them searchable, outside of Facebook. The guys behind it, Peter Burns and Will Moffat, have posted a simple explanation:

“This is a simple example of just how open facebook has made your information. This data is wide open, and this is one of the least scary uses that anyone will make. If nothing changes, it’s only to get worse.”

Eg: search cricket

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You will find interesting discussion on this across different platforms on the web

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To find some interesting tips on how you can save your privacy on Facebook, do read a very detailed post on allfacebook.com by Nick O’Neill

There is no doubt FacebookSearch will fuel debate and apprehension about how much of our lives we make public a smart social animal will take care of this by making some small changes to his or her profile. 

Happy Reading

M