What's this new "Facebook Timeline" and why is it such a big privacy issue?

[MVP]

I've heard this new change facebook will be doing to your profile will effect your privacy settings? Please tell me how and what this exactly this "timeline" is.

[Anna]

It defaults to show the public all of your pictures, statuses, etc. but you can fix it, so i've heard. But you gotta do it like right after you get the timeline

Personally, I don't like it.

[abraXus]

it's just a different look for your profile that categorized everything you have done on facebook chronologically, making it easier to see things that lots of people apparently didnt realize where still part of their profile from years ago

it doesnt change any of your privacy settings at all when you convert, in fact, the timeline adds additional privacy controls the regular profiles didnt have - but the people who dont like the timeline just dont seem to realize that yet - they see something new and automatically hate it because they have to relearn it again

and no, it doesnt suddenly make everything you have public if it wasnt set to public already... despite what anyone says... those thoughts are coming from the people who didnt realize that all those old status's were all permanently saved in their account

[Fukyou]

instead of having pictures all bunched up in folders, you have a literal timeline. this makes privacy harder because if a person returns to your page and sorts through the pictures too many time it sends you a stalker alert (no seriously) but now they dont have to sift thought the thousands of pictures, he can just choose a date and find it on the timeline no problem

[Richard James]

If you really want to know you should read these articles that explain it very well:

How to proect Timeline privacy.

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-2011...e-privacy/

and

Facebook Timeline a 'stalker's paradise'

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/fa...-way/12931