Cuomo has opened a number of investigations into Wall Street, including the auction-rate probes, which continue, as well as activities in the credit default swap market and other signs of alleged fraud.

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All of that means Facebook users are already in the habit of sharing their personal details and activities with other users on the site by default, and only opting out of the sharing functions for certain actions they want to keep private, says David McClure, an adviser to start-ups and guest lecturer at Stanford who teaches a class on Facebook.

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Those who might lend to the country or company, those conducting other business with it, and those who might face the risk of default in other ways, can use this information to better plan their activities.

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