10. That FACEBOOK was launched on February 2004 by the Harvard drop out Mark Zuckerberg (who was 19 years old). By the end of the month more than half of the undergraduate population at Harvard was registered on the service.

9. In June 2008, That Facebook – Mark Zuckerberg paid a 65 million dollar settlement to close a long- running legal battle concerning whether Mark stole the FACEBOOK idea from his former roommate.

8. In this planet, more than 3 billion minutes are spent (or wasted) on FACEBOOK – every day.

7. FACEBOOK is informed about your activities from over 40 big Internet sites that have partnered with Facebook.

6. A private FACEBOOK photo has ended up in a newspaper in an article about the sex industry. Even though the woman felt offended the Danish court decided that nobody could be blamed (as the FACEBOOK privacy claims every right to sell private photos). So better be careful…

5. The owner of FACEBOOK Mark Zuckerberg has rejected offers in the range of $975 million to hand over Facebook. If FACEBOOK is sold, all registered private information will be handed over to the new owners – probably even after you have deleted your profile. It means you have no control who will end up with your personal data.

4. October 24, 2007, Facebook has agreed to sell a 1.6% stake of the company to Microsoft for $240 million. This means Microsoft, as an exclusive third-party has access to all personal FACEBOOK information.

3. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and owner of ca. 30% of FACEBOOK is the world’s youngest billionaire (worth 1.5 billion Dollars)

2. Even though FACEBOOK claims to have high security standards, two MIT students were able to download over 70,000 Facebook profiles, using an automated script.

1. Psychologists have introduced the diagnosis FAD (Facebook Addiction Disorder) as a new kind of addiction disorder

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Well, almost everyone in the world knows what FACEBOOK is; People enjoy socializing, meeting friends online, playing games and other just cruise along its added features.  Some use FACEBOOK as another tool for advertising and marketing. And most of us now have the FAD syndrome… One cannot stand a day without opening his Account.

But have you ever wondered, what is the purpose of FACEBOOK? Not just looking on what is visible in our eyes but digging deeper to its meaning and purpose… Every account created is automatically listed on this huge database and all of our information is there… Not all have the access, but there are some people who have the capacity, knowledge and power to retrieve what is listed.

Have you seen the movie “Eagle Eye”?

Anyways, I’m just curious….