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This Game Shows You How Terrible Facebook’s Privacy Settings Really Are

And make you remember to double check your settings

By Courtney Subramanian @cmsubOct. 16, 2013
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Illustrating how irritating it is to navigate Facebook’s convoluted privacy settings is viral site UsvsTh3m‘s  Realistic Facebook Security Simulator, challenging you to see how fast you can protect yourself from the rapidly encroaching policy updates from Facebook.

Facebook’s recent announcement to finalize a plan to prohibit any member from being unsearchable on the site has reignited conversation around its impossibly private privacy policy.

The company removed the “Who can look up your Timeline by name” service in December 2012 from members who did not have it activated, but now the policy change means even those who did can no longer hide. The online post explaining the move cited a “small percentage” of its 1.2 billion members used the feature, but that’s because it was buried deep into the overly detailed privacy policy.

(MORE: Facebook No Longer Lets Users Hide Their Profiles in Search Box)

See how many levels you can get through in the maddening privacy quiz by answering confusing questions – some even in French – before a prancercising Mark Zuckerberg has you under his data-mongering grasp.

MORE: Facebook Killing ‘Unsearch’ Is No Big Thing, but the Lack of a Blanket Opt-Out Is

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