HOW TO BE SECURE ON FaceBook

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There are a lot of complaints about the increasing insecurity and embarrassment on social media networks like facebook. This insecurity can be avoided you can make yourself safe but this needs you to work smartly on facebook. While networking on facebook, if you edited privacy setting as it is described below then you should not be worried about your private information to be leaked out. Though by joining social media network like facebook you take the risk of letting your private information goes out. But if you adjust your privacy setting carefully, you will find facebook a very funny and safe place.

Here you go, you can you can chande your privacy setting and personal rofile information , photos, vedio and text, and can decide who can have access to your profile and private information. Just go to the privacy settings on your facebook account page and adjust your privacy setting an dmake your privacy setting more secure.

Profile, Privacy Settings
Go to: Privacy -> Profile -> Basic

Here you will adjus tyour profile information and will deside to whom you let your info open and lose for other. Here four choices are with you to whom u allow to see you, Friends of Friends,
My Networks and Friends,
Only Friends,
or you want to create your customized settings

you can change privacy settings for here are:

  • Profile
  • Basic Info
  • Personal Info
  • Status Updates
  • Photos Tagged of You
  • Videos Tagged of You
  • Friends
  • Wall
  • Education Info

Work Info

Photos, Privacy Settings
Go to: Privacy -> Profile -> Basic -> Edit Photo Albums Privacy Settings

To adjust your privacy for photos, you have to edit privacy settings for each photo as each photo has its own privacy settings. Here you can opt for one of the following option,
everyone see your photo,
only networks and friends,
friends of friends,
only friends or you can customize your privacy settings for each photo.
Personal Information, Privacy Settings
Go to: Privacy -> Profile -> Contact Information

  • You can change your contact info here
    IM Screen Name
  • Mobile Phone Number
  • Other Phone Number
  • Current Address
  • Your Website
  • Searching For You, Privacy Settings
    Go to: Privacy -> Search
  • Who will find you on face book? It is totally depend on these settings. All those who let you to have access to your profile and personal information can see it but not otherwise. Incase you choose “anyone”, then anyone can find you but if you choose “only friends” then only your friends will find you.

    Contact Information, Privacy Settings

    Go to: Privacy -> Search
  • If you are serious in protecting your private info from others then you should change your privacy settings as being described following. This show when a person come across your profile what can he see if he is your frien and what cant he see if he is not yet your friend.

  

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2 Comments

  1. Muzammil Shah says:

    insecurity on face book is serious issue nowadays, nice work dOne…

  2. fazal khaliq says:

    very informative

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