Facebook is making its new profile format known as the Timeline compulsory. Every Facebook account will be updated with the new-look profile, presenting a scrapbook of all of your past status updates and photographs. Facebook is encouraging users to enter even more personal details about themselves and their life experiences. But might this not also make it even easier for identity thieves to put together a profile about an individual, discover the name of their first pet, and so forth? Thats all information which could be put to a nefarious use.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/01/27/poll-reveals-widespread-concern-over-facebook-timeline/