Today Facebook hid your email address from your profile and replaced it with one that ends in “@facebook.com.” Most users don’t even know they have this email address, and the fact that Facebook did this without any notification to the user (to say nothing of actual consent from the user) is quite frusrating. It would not be accurate to say, however, that this move is surprising, given Facebook’s history of making changes that negatively impact user choice and privacy.
To find the change on your own Facebook account and fix it, watch the two-minute video below.
For more on why this is actually kind of a big deal, read this in-depth article from Forbes.com.
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