The Facebook Privacy Thread
 

There have been random posts here and there about Facebook Privacy, but they have changed so much - and there's so much that needs to be changed in ones profile for it to be private, I figured we needed a dedicated thread.

This article is the best I've seen so far and I just did all 5 of the things it suggests.

It is kind of a PITA, but worth it in the long run.

Good idea for a thread

It's pointless, you're pissing into the wind. Whatever privacy rules you set today will be usurped and made public tomorrow. Facebook has committed to making everything public because they can make more money selling your personal information.

The only privacy setting worth a damn on Facebook is the YAGE.

Great article NA. I love that it explains in fairly concise terms how the new settings work. The two new settings are the 'Like" and 'instant personalization'. The other ones have been around for awhile but it's a good reminder to lock down what you don't want seen.

With these changes I've gone through and deleted anyone whose pages I don't want to be associated with. Previously I removed all applications, locked down my photo albums and untagged myself in any photos I don't like. I'll keep doing that and making sure that my FB content isn't anything I wouldn't want my mom or grandma seeing.

Hmm. I have yet to receive the pop up window that allows me to choose my "connections". Does that mean that feature hasn't been activated on my profile yet? Is there another way to get into those settings?

It's not so much "privacy" that I'm concerned about (everyone on earth can find out so much about me on the internet without the aid of facebook). Rather, it was the warnings that hackers would be enticed by the openness and sharing. I've already had my facebook account hacked once, and it was annoying to all my facebook friends. It is for their sake more than mine that I deleted all apps, pages, and personal information other than my name, date of birth and sad relationship status as "single."

We aren't the only ones talking about Facebook and Privacy

I don't see the problem. Facebook is unparalled at what it offers - and for the price of removing your personal info is just as safe as anywhere on the net. (It's not the meet market that myspace was, so I don't bemoan the absence of my personal information as a hinderance to meeting mssrs. right or right now).

If you think a success like facebook is not going to fall victim to the money-bug to make dollars off that success, I have another planet to sell you.

Meanwhile, twitter just gave all your tweets to the Library of Congress. Wake up - There Is No Privacy On the Internet. Deal.With.It.

I haven't received that pop up either and was still able to edit my “instant personalization” settings. The application, search results and photo album settings are the same as they have always been.

Yes there is. It just takes a bit more work.

For example, I run my own private email server. Host my own media server for sharing photos, videos and such with family.

I don't use sites that have murky privacy policy. Twitter for example. I have no problem with Twitter because from square one it's clearly public info. I know whatever I post there is going into the library of congress for all times. Facebook likes to pretend to give me privacy. I hate that.

Plus I'm antisocial an introvert so I don't rely on any of this social media crap for anything I care about anyway.