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Facebook had to imagine it would hear from lots of people who are upset about changes to its “privacy” policy, which encourages users to abandon traditional notions of “privacy“.

So give Mark Zuckerberg credit: By allowing anyone in the world to see his own profile — and most everything associated with it — the Facebook founder is at least putting on a good show. The message here: Look. I’m a billionaire. And if I’m willing to share all of my life to the outside world, then what’s your problem?

That assumes, of course, that this was Zuckerberg’s intent. But it’s now 12 hours since True/Slant’s Kashmir Hill noted that his profile was open to the public, which has prompted a series of stories just like this one.

And since anyone can still see almost all of his profile — including all 306 of his photos, I’m assuming that is indeed what he wants to do.

Note that not everything about Zuckerberg’s Facebook life is open to the public — only his 901 friends, for instance, have access to his cell phone number and AIM handle. (Thanks to the sharp-eyed reader – and Zuckerberg pal – who pointed this out).

But you don’t really want to chat with Mark, right? You just want to look at his candid snapshots. Here’s my favorite, culled from Gawker’s edited gallery.