http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/12/facebook.superlogoff/index.html
This CNN article talks about how many young users are worried about their privacy on Facebook. As a result, they are deactivating their accounts each time they want to use the site. They do not simply click the log-off button. After they log-on after having deactivating, their settings and wall posts, etc. are restored. I think that this is a bit extreme. If users are that worried about their privacy on Facebook, then they should not even be using it. After all, it is a social networking site, meant to share your information with friends. A huge perk to Facebook is also how not everyone has to be online at the same time. Simply deactivating your account makes it difficult for your friends to keep in contact with you over Facebook. I think this is a bad idea and defeats the purpose for even having a Facebook profile.
That's a little extreme. I didn't think logging off was so insecure. I think these people are just going overboard. People who are that nervous about their privacy shouldn't be putting their information out there for anyone to see.
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