Identity Theft - Protecting Your Identity On Facebook
Social Networks Expose Too Much Personal Information By Default...
Protecting yourself from fraud and identity theft doesn't have to be monotonous. It simply takes active thought about protecting sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands. With the ever growing popularity of social networking websites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and even file sharing sites such as Youtube, and Flickr, it amazes me to see the information people are making available to the public. It's clear to me that many people leave their information exposed on these websites because they are not aware of how easily the information becomes accessible to just about everyone on the internet. I also believe that most people are not aware that the need to take a few minutes to protect their identity on these websites, and have no idea that there are privacy settings available that can protect their identity while still growing their social networks.
Protecting Your Facebook Profile
a Recommended Facebook Privacy Settings:Settings
Profile
Profile - only friends
Basic info - only friends
Personal info - my networks and friends
Status updates - my networks and friends
Photos tagged - my newtworks and friends
Videos tagged - my networks and friends
Friends - ""
Wall - ""
Education - only friends
Work info - only friends
Or customize and use only me (when you want a network to see you, but not others)
You can block certain people as well
IM screen name - friends
Mobile phone - specfic friends
Land phone - specific friends
Current address - noone
Website - network and friends
Email - only friends
Search
Search visibility (within fb) - choose
Public listing - keep the data out of search engines (uncheck)
How can people contact you. Uncheck your friend list
News and mini Feed
Uncheck relationship status
Remove add a friend
Applications
What others users can see via the facebook platform
Click do not share any information
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