Facebook testing 3 new privacy tweaks: Privacy checkup, Audience selector for iOS and desktop

In the past, Facebook has received flak for little concern over user privacy. From user outcry to public apologies, the social network has seen it all.Thanks to all the outrage, the company has been keen to show that it takes user privacy quite seriously and even the slightest changes are tested thoroughly before the feature is rolled out. News has it that the company is now testing a few new tweaks to its privacy settings. According to Cnet, the social network is currently testing three new privacy developments.[caption id="attachment_221409" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Audience selector tweaks[/caption] Facebook’s Raylene Yung and Michael Nowak reportedly told reporters that the company uses “more than 4,000 daily surveys in 27 languages to help fine-tune its privacy interface.” The first among the changes is to move the "audience selector" on iOS to the upper left corner. It is a toggle that lets users change who can view your posts. Another slight tweak under testing is to actively test the audience selector on the desktop Web version of Facebook. So, instead of displaying all options together, it would show only the two most popular options - Public and Friends. The other options would be behind the submenu. Lastly, Facebook is also testing something called as "privacy checkup" for those who haven’t changed their privacy settings from Public for a while. The pop up will confirm if these users want to keep the settings Public. Some users may have seen these changes in their apps and web, while the company will begin rolling out the changes to others gradually. Image: Cnet