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Keep Your Privacy on Facebook
October 31 2013

Keep Your Privacy on Facebook

wukovits Security, Social Networks Facebook, Graph App, privacy, privacy settings, Timeline and Tagging Settings

Keep Your Privacy on FacebookAre you on Facebook? If so, then chances are you have seen something scary from one of your friends about privacy settings because Facebook changed something. Most recently, the Facebook “Graph App” is the culprit, and by jumping through some hoops, you will keep their information invisible to the public and they won’t delete you, or some other such nonsense.

Most of the people you see that post this are just copying and pasting something they saw one of their friends post. Chances are, they don’t even understand all the instructions they are putting out there for you to follow.  What’s even better is that a lot of people don’t even have their own Facebook privacy settings locked down, so these false threats aren’t comparable to what they unintentionally are exposing about themselves already.

The best way to make sure that strangers aren’t up in your business on Facebook is to check your privacy settings. Start by accessing “Privacy Settings” through the menu at the top right of your Facebook interface; just click the little gear icon. I recommend you do this on your computer, as the mobile apps for Facebook can be limited in some ways, while the computer will have all the features.

Facebook has made the privacy settings very user-friendly by asking simple questions for you to answer. To change the setting, click on “Edit” and select the degree of privacy you wish to enact. For example, “who can see your future posts” lets you select the default level for which people with which you share your Facebook posts. This can be changed on an individual basis, but I keep mine set to “Friends”. In fact, most of my privacy settings are kept to only friends, in that I don’t want anyone I’m not friends with to see my activity or information. You can also limit the audience of your old posts in the same way, but remember that anyone you’ve tagged and their friends can see still see these.

I don’t lock down the settings for who can find me or contact me, as I can easily ignore any request to be my Facebook friend. That way, I can enjoy being surprised by an old acquaintance when they get around to joining Facebook. I do keep my timeline linking to search engines turned off, as I don’t want my stuff searchable on the Internet.

Another degree of control is the ability to review posts or photos in which you’ve been tagged. I try to keep my Facebook profile pretty clean, and while I might enjoy some of my friends’ crass humor, I don’t necessary need to be associated with some of the stuff they post and tag me in. By turning these on in the “Timeline and Tagging Settings” in your “Privacy Settings”, you have the ability to review anything you’re tagged in before that tag appears in Facebook. You can also review tags that people try to add to your content, another degree of control that I keep on.

Facebook also makes it possible to block certain users, app invites, and apps themselves. This allows you to keep a clean news feed, removing annoying game posts and invites you get on a daily basis. My list of blocked apps is pretty substantial and being able to clear out the clutter is key to having a Facebook timeline you can bear to tolerate on a daily basis.

Before you go copying and pasting some scary post that threatens privacy on Facebook, make sure your own privacy settings are set correctly. Then, go visit https://www.snopes.com and see if that post is really a concern. Checking facts before spreading hysteria is always a good idea. Another suggestion I have is to go “Like” my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BayouTechnologies) where I post my articles and other great tech tidbits you can use.

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