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USA Today On Privacy Problem With New Facebook Timeline

Facebook's coming overhaul of its members' profile pages will more prominently show users' Facebook pasts all the way back to the creation of their accounts.

The feature, dubbed Timeline, will roll out to all 800 million Facebook members and is designed to give a more comprehensive view of people's online identities, the company says. Facebook declined to say when it would launch. The pitch to members is "Tell your life story with a new kind of profile."

But the emphasis on past posts means Facebook users have to be careful about old posts. Up until now, Facebook accounts have focused on the most recent posts. With the new profile format, the most recent Facebook activities will be at the top.

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