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Originally posted by Chris4
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Originally posted by Chrissy
It's a bit stupid, what if I want to keep my name private?
It is private - private to your list of contacts. Privacy settings can be changed to hide surname, I believe.
No, you can't anymore. This is also one of the (crap) changes.
You must set a surname, and the surname can not be hidden. First and last name are now handled as one.
Also note that your full name will be visible to all your 'friends'. This has always been the case, but in Wave 4, the definition of 'friends' has been changed! They now also include profile-only friends.
In Wave 3 it was possible to add contacts only to your Live Profile. This isn't possible anymore, and both those groups of friends (profile-only friends, and Messenger friends) are now one: (Messenger) Contacts.
Thus it is not possible anymore to have a contact on your profile, but not in Messenger.
This is reflected by the blue dialog you are presented with when you go to your profile page. In this dialog you can set your new privacy settings. But before you do that, make absolutely sure that you either remove profile-only friends or that you are sure you want to share your private data with them (like your full name and email address!!!). This is explained in the "
learn more" link in that blue dialog. In order to remove profile-only friends you must go to your Windows Live Contacts page (can again be found via your Profile page).
Only when you are sure you have managed all your contacts on your profile to your likings, proceed to edit (highly encouraged) and "
save" your new privacy settings.
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