> I agree with Abezgauz on this issue: Facebook has no right to siphon our friends off of a list putatively set to be private.
Now it strikes me that Facebook does have that right. You gave them that right when you chose to create an account with them and chose to make friend connections with that account. If you don't like the way they operate, don't use their service. You'd have to live in a vacuum not to know that Facebook has been consistently pushing the envelope of acceptable privacy for years. The reality is that if you truly need complete privacy, a Facebook account is not for you.
> I agree with Abezgauz on this issue: Facebook has no right to siphon our friends off of a list putatively set to be private.
Now it strikes me that Facebook does have that right. You gave them that right when you chose to create an account with them and chose to make friend connections with that account. If you don't like the way they operate, don't use their service. You'd have to live in a vacuum not to know that Facebook has been consistently pushing the envelope of acceptable privacy for years. The reality is that if you truly need complete privacy, a Facebook account is not for you.