Privacy in msn

Hi

I have the new msn account and although i have unchecked all the boxes
showing updates about what people can see about me - they still appear on my
friends lists in the whats new list.

I think that the 'whats new' thing is an invasion of privacy - i dont want
my ex or my boss to see if i am in certain networks - turning it off doesnt
work.

Does anyone else know if this is a problem?

doug

Greetings Doug,

Just to confirm, are you sure you got the checkboxes are the correct page (as there is two of
them).

There's the standard page where you select what you see:
http://profile.live.com/whatsnewsettings/

and the settings where you select what others see:
http://profile.live.com/WhatsNewWithYouSettings/

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--

"doug" <> wrote in message
news:CA19E9B6-8E85-493A-A974-...
> Hi
>
> I have the new msn account and although i have unchecked all the boxes showing updates
> about what people can see about me - they still appear on my friends lists in the whats new
> list.
>
> I think that the 'whats new' thing is an invasion of privacy - i dont want my ex or my boss
> to see if i am in certain networks - turning it off doesnt work.
>
> Does anyone else know if this is a problem?
>
> doug

Hi Jonathan

Yes these are the spots where I unchecked everything. However, for example
my friends can still see that I joined someone's network 4 days ago. And
that I updated my display pic in November 2008.

Maybe I need to do something else?

And at what stage was microsoft going to inform me that they were spreading
my msn usage to all and sundry????


Doug




"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Greetings Doug,
>
> Just to confirm, are you sure you got the checkboxes are the correct page
> (as there is two of them).
>
> There's the standard page where you select what you see:
> http://profile.live.com/whatsnewsettings/
>
> and the settings where you select what others see:
> http://profile.live.com/WhatsNewWithYouSettings/
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature
> or citation
> --
>
> "doug" <> wrote in message
> news:CA19E9B6-8E85-493A-A974-...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have the new msn account and although i have unchecked all the boxes
>> showing updates about what people can see about me - they still appear on
>> my friends lists in the whats new list.
>>
>> I think that the 'whats new' thing is an invasion of privacy - i dont
>> want my ex or my boss to see if i am in certain networks - turning it off
>> doesnt work.
>>
>> Does anyone else know if this is a problem?
>>
>> doug
>
>

I am pretty sure that future changes will not propagate to people who *were*
receiving updates previously. The problem you are now seeing is that updates
made before you changed the sharing security for What's New will not clear from
people who received them until the age off of their feed list. It isn't
refreshed continually. Once it is sent to an authorized receiver, it is on their
list.
-steve
"doug" <> wrote:

>Hi Jonathan
>
>Yes these are the spots where I unchecked everything. However, for example
>my friends can still see that I joined someone's network 4 days ago. And
>that I updated my display pic in November 2008.
>
>Maybe I need to do something else?
>
>And at what stage was microsoft going to inform me that they were spreading
>my msn usage to all and sundry????
>
>
>Doug
>
>
>
>
>"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Greetings Doug,
>>
>> Just to confirm, are you sure you got the checkboxes are the correct page
>> (as there is two of them).
>>
>> There's the standard page where you select what you see:
>> http://profile.live.com/whatsnewsettings/
>>
>> and the settings where you select what others see:
>> http://profile.live.com/WhatsNewWithYouSettings/
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature
>> or citation
>> --
>>
>> "doug" <> wrote in message
>> news:CA19E9B6-8E85-493A-A974-...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have the new msn account and although i have unchecked all the boxes
>>> showing updates about what people can see about me - they still appear on
>>> my friends lists in the whats new list.
>>>
>>> I think that the 'whats new' thing is an invasion of privacy - i dont
>>> want my ex or my boss to see if i am in certain networks - turning it off
>>> doesnt work.
>>>
>>> Does anyone else know if this is a problem?
>>>
>>> doug
>>
>>
--
Stephen Boots
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live

MS never concerns privacy, e.g. the conversation content is not encrypted
and chat history is not password protected.

"StephenB" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I am pretty sure that future changes will not propagate to people who
>*were*
> receiving updates previously. The problem you are now seeing is that
> updates
> made before you changed the sharing security for What's New will not clear
> from
> people who received them until the age off of their feed list. It isn't
> refreshed continually. Once it is sent to an authorized receiver, it is on
> their
> list.
> -steve
> "doug" <> wrote:
>
>>Hi Jonathan
>>
>>Yes these are the spots where I unchecked everything. However, for example
>>my friends can still see that I joined someone's network 4 days ago. And
>>that I updated my display pic in November 2008.
>>
>>Maybe I need to do something else?
>>
>>And at what stage was microsoft going to inform me that they were
>>spreading
>>my msn usage to all and sundry????
>>
>>
>>Doug
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>> Greetings Doug,
>>>
>>> Just to confirm, are you sure you got the checkboxes are the correct
>>> page
>>> (as there is two of them).
>>>
>>> There's the standard page where you select what you see:
>>> http://profile.live.com/whatsnewsettings/
>>>
>>> and the settings where you select what others see:
>>> http://profile.live.com/WhatsNewWithYouSettings/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Kay
>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this
>>> signature
>>> or citation
>>> --
>>>
>>> "doug" <> wrote in message
>>> news:CA19E9B6-8E85-493A-A974-...
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I have the new msn account and although i have unchecked all the boxes
>>>> showing updates about what people can see about me - they still appear
>>>> on
>>>> my friends lists in the whats new list.
>>>>
>>>> I think that the 'whats new' thing is an invasion of privacy - i dont
>>>> want my ex or my boss to see if i am in certain networks - turning it
>>>> off
>>>> doesnt work.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone else know if this is a problem?
>>>>
>>>> doug
>>>
>>>
> --
> Stephen Boots
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live
>