Over the past 24 hours, searches related to deleting Facebook accounts have been some of the top trending items on Google -- indicating that the tech-world furor about the social-networking site's privacy policies may have become more mainstream.

Thursday evening, "how do i delete my facebook account" was among the top 20 trending searches on Google Hot Trends, and Friday morning "delete facebook account" made the list. This doesn't mean that these searches are at the top of all Internet queries; rather, it's an indication...