UI Assistant Professor Omar Haider Chowdhury, whose research includes computer security and privacy, said that although Facebook is making strides to be more transparent, he believes it could improve.

“The big issue is users do not know what info is being shared,” Chowdhury said. “Based on your activities, Facebook can infer information about you — your ethnicity, your age, your political identity. What are the implications of this? That is what Facebook users often do not know.”

He noted Facebook has many benign uses and thought it may be an extreme reaction to delete Facebook.

“Data sharing is not bad, but it should not be at the expense of transparency,” Chowdhury said.