10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

Facebook is a groundbreaking social networking tool that exists online in order to bring people together for social and business purposes. While meeting new friends and potential business associates is one of the perks associated with Facebook, certain measures should be taken in order to ensure that your private information does not get into the wrong hands. With identity theft and hacking at an all time high, make sure that you utilize 10 privacy settings that every Facebook user should know about in order to protect themselves from scammers, stalkers and identity theives.

1 – Status, Photos and Posts

Regulate who can see your daily posts, photos and status updates by selecting whether 1) everyone 2) friends of friends or 3) friends can view them. Most people only allow their friends to view these more intimate and daily postings, though business owners may opt to allow everyone to view this information in an effort to draw in new clientele.

2 – Search for me on Facebook

This privacy setting dictates who can find you on Facebook using a general search that includes either your name or email address. If you do not wish to be found by old acquaintances, simply select the privacy setting that only allows current friends to search you out on Facebook.

3 – Friend Requests

Not just anyone can attempt to befriend you on Facebook if you do not wish it to be so. Simply adjust your privacy settings from ‘everyone’ to ‘friends of friends’ in order to limit the potential for strangers or businesses to submit friend requests to your account.

4 – See My Friend List

If you do not want all of your friends to be privy to information on the other people you’ve befriended on Facebook, simply set your privacy settings so that only ‘specific people’ or ‘only me’ can view your friend list on your main profile page.

5 – See My Education and Work

This privacy setting is important for individuals that are using their Facebook account for business purposes. If you set your account to allow ‘everyone’ to view this information, you are much more likely to connect with other individuals in your field and may possibly even connect with prospective employers.

6 – Block Lists

If someone you have ‘friended’ on Facebook begins to stalk or otherwise pester you, there is no reason you should have to grin and bear it. Simply block them from viewing any and all content you post on Facebook by entering their full name under the ‘block list’ privacy setting. As far as the person blocked is concerned, you will have completely vanished from Facebook altogether.

7 – Block Application Invites

If you are tired of being asked to join someone’s Farmville community, simply block invitations from the app altogether by entering the app name in the ‘block app privacy field.

8- See my Current City and Hometown

Facebook encourages users to display this information, as it may help old friends to find you on the site. However, you have the option to fully customize this privacy setting to allow only specific people to view the information.

9- Public Search

This privacy setting dictates whether or not people can find your Facebook page via searches on major search engines. If you would rather they not be able to, simply indicate that in your ‘public search’ privacy setting.

10 – Applications You are Using

Facebook gives you the power to erase any application that you feel is ‘spammy’ or irritating with a single click of a mouse. Further, you can limit the amount of information available to ‘social applications’ through your friends by adjusting your privacy settings accordingly.

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   Rob says:

   September 11, 2010 at 7:59 am

   My foolproof method for dealing with privacy on Facebook:

   1. Delete your profile and turn off Facebook forever.

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     Melvin Pereira says:

     October 11, 2010 at 9:17 am

     This is the best technique.

     Having said that you need to keep monitoring your Facebook Settings to check for changes in privacy, like the new Facebook Private groups feature.

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