What's the best way to protect your privacy on Facebook?

Beverly

Don't share anything such as personal contact details in any public or private place as you never know when Facebook will accidentally allow someone else to see it. Your family and friends will already know how to contact you by address or phone so no reason to list this on Facebook.

11 years ago

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angie828

Do not post stuff that is personal to you, such as address or phone or email. And only have your pics set to friends only so the public can not see them.

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America

Don't tell the world about your relationship or family troubles. There is a false sense of friendship online and it can seem like everyone on your friend list actually cares about what you're going through when that's not really true. Just keep some things to yourself and don't expose your family in any way online to strangers.

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ricky44

Leave anything personal off your page and never give out any info that others can use against you.

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Jolie

Leave anything personal off your page and never give out any info that others can use against you.

This is especially true of incriminating photos. Don't get photographed by friends doing stupid things or they might end up posting your pics on Facebook just for a laugh. Then you will be embarrassed.

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zabedm

don't share your personal account details with anyone. and customised your account Security Settings. and active Login Notifications i think you will be safe.

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sunil0021

I only follow one rule: Avoid Talking To Strangers!

- Sunil Bishnoi

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Justin

Some people will act friendly and tell you 'secrets', until you tell them a real secret and then they have real ammunition against you. For that reason, don't trust people on Facebook you don't know in real life.

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Ashlyn

Some people will act friendly and tell you 'secrets', until you tell them a real secret and then they have real ammunition against you. For that reason, don't trust people on Facebook you don't know in real life.

That's true of real life too, don't assume friendly people are your friends just because they are smiling. Even friends can get wicked on Facebook.

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NaturalWriter

I only follow one rule: Avoid Talking To Strangers!

- Sunil Bishnoi

lolol
But... You're talking to strangers right now ;)

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Jolie

lolol
But... You're talking to strangers right now ;)

Many people feel safe on forums due to the anonymity of the format. On Facebook, you are likely to be sharing photos of yourself, family and friends, so you are very open to Facebook friends. So you are exposed personally. On a forum, most times you don't share photos or know anything about the other people. So in that way it might feel safe for some.

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NaturalWriter

Many people feel safe on forums due to the anonymity of the format. On Facebook, you are likely to be sharing photos of yourself, family and friends, so you are very open to Facebook friends. So you are exposed personally. On a forum, most times you don't share photos or know anything about the other people. So in that way it might feel safe for some.

I realize that, I was just being a smartypants! ;)

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robertman11

There is no real privacy on another person/companies website. Think about it, all of the staff can see all of your private info regardless.

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lancer

The best and proven method is to add only things where you do not need to set privacy! Privacy is something you can set according to Facebook users, not Facebook visitors (like search engines bot)!

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saima

Don't share personal thing to Facebook. Don't make friends to any unknown person on Facebook.

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LizAnne

Just assume all communications including 'private' chats are being monitored. And, it's possible something you say in private could be broadcast publicly if the other person decides to do so. Just don't trust too easily if you don't know the person offline.

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vinaya

Don't share your personal information on facebook. You may use your real name and location, but never give your exact location and phone number.
Set your privacy as "can be seen only by friends." When you activate this option, your account will be visible only to your friends. Letting "friends of friends" option could expose you to strangers.

8 years ago

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Corzhens

My sister has set her profile to private such that her posts and comments can only be read by her friends. I am telling her that it is not good to be paranoid. If she is afraid that people would be stalking her then just quit Facebook. Protecting your privacy is as simple as not posting personal information. Why post your home address or even your employer’s details? Think of what could happen if your account is targeted by criminals. But anyway, that is being paranoid already.

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Kakashi2020

Don't chat about personal stuff more so your phone number and address. Always set your account to Private, this would limit the people who can see you.

6 years ago

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Seocheckout

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