Facebook is making headlines this week for a flaw that exposed personal photos marked private–including pictures of Mark Zuckerberg and his dog. The glitch is Facebook’s fault, and Facebook responded quickly to address the issue once it was discovered. But, don’t believe for a second that this is the last time private information will be exposed online–on Facebook, or anywhere else.

Privacy advocates like to paint Facebook as anti-privacy. I believe that Facebook has a thin line to walk to balance between being a social network that enables users to communicate and share information, and being a guardian of privacy that protects the information being shared from being inadvertently exposed to others. I don’t envy Facebook’s position.