Details about Facebook users published

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Months ago, there was a campaign "Time To Quit Facebook", now this ...

Personal details of Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38463013/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Why did they do it? If you're a Facebook user, will you quit Facebook or change how you use it? And, if you're not a FB user, will you still consider using it?

Facebook has reportedly compared itself to a phone book, claiming some people join the site in order to be found by others.
If someone does not want to be found, we also offer a number of controls to enable people not to appear in search on Facebook, in search engines, or share any information with applications," it added.
 
on Phys.org