This article by Sarah Perez outlines some precautions everyone can take to protect their own privacy on Facebook. Some of the steps are very useful and may help protect everyone. If you are worried about your information on Facebook, here are some simple steps to take.
- Make Friends Lists: through this you can now categorize your Facebook friends into different categories that may or may not be able to see your info!
- Who Can See What on Your Profile: If all of your friends are categorized into different groups this should be pretty easy. You can choose what groups see your pictures, posts, thoughts, or anything else on your profile.
- Who Can See Your Address and Phone Number: You may not want all of your friends to see this information, select which groups you want to and which you do not.
- Change Who Can Find You on Facebook via Search: You have the choice to choose who can search your name and actually find you. select only your friends, only family, pretty much anything you want you can change on this selection.
- Stop Sharing Personal Information With Unknown Applications: You may not want to keep the quiz's about yourself on your profile. You can now delete them if you chose to do so.
I think that if we all follow these steps we will be better of and for now be a lot safer on Facebook. I know that I will feel better knowing that not everyone can see my personal information.
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