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Blatantly off topic from the article but related to social network spies, and because this community takes privacy concerns seriously — anyone who joins your neighborhood on Nextdoor can immediately see your full address (apartment number included) with the default privacy settings. Also, it's possible to join a neighborhood with no verification if just one bad actor is in it and invites you. I think it's an absolutely absurd setting. I've clicked through many people in my neighborhood and get the feeling most people don't realize the exposure at all.



Thanks, I had not realized that! Fortunately I registered under a fake address, but still, didn't want that published either.


Exactly the same case for myself. It was up for over a year before I realized too.


How are there still no federal regulations on default privacy settings in 2016?




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