Before reading this post, please go down to the POSTSCRIPT. Kathy G has just told me in her comment that she checked this out on Snopes and it wasn't true. Aggravation. I do often check things out on Snopes, but I didn't do it this time. I'm so sorry about this.
One of my good teacher friends posted this on her Facebook page. (I added the diagrams for this post.)
I've just done this and can only hope my "friends" will do it for me. I only do Facebook with some close friends and relatives. However, they have friends who have many friends and I think privacy then becomes a problem.
In this technology age it's hard to know if we're doing all we can to protect our privacy. I'm getting the feeling that Facebook isn't exactly the most secure site around. It can't hurt to do this, but the problem is I'd have to ask every friend on Facebook to do this and most probably don't want to be bothered.
Ah well... Like my blog, I'll just have to be careful what I put out there. I will also stop "Like-ing" and commenting on those who do not change their settings and let me know.
POSTSCRIPT: Snopes said the above advice will NOT provide you with Facebook security. In order to be safe you have to do this and make your friends do this too:
There are a lot more advice about security but I decided to just let you go to Snopes to check it out. Here is the link:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/timeline.asp
All this has aggravated me enough that I just won't be using Facebook much from now on. I don't think I want to tell my friends and relatives in Facebook what to do with their posts.
One of my good teacher friends posted this on her Facebook page. (I added the diagrams for this post.)
FACEBOOK HAS CHANGED THEIR PRIVACY SETTINGS ONCE MORE!!! DUE TO THE NEW “GRAPH APP” ANYONE ON FACEBOOK (INCLUDING OTHER COUNTRIES) CAN SEE YOUR PICTURES, LIKES, AND COMMENTS. I will be posting this for the next two weeks, and once you have done it please post DONE!
In this technology age it's hard to know if we're doing all we can to protect our privacy. I'm getting the feeling that Facebook isn't exactly the most secure site around. It can't hurt to do this, but the problem is I'd have to ask every friend on Facebook to do this and most probably don't want to be bothered.
Ah well... Like my blog, I'll just have to be careful what I put out there. I will also stop "Like-ing" and commenting on those who do not change their settings and let me know.
* Stop using the "Friends of friends" setting. This is what is broadcasting widely.
*If you use the "Public" setting, explain that you are doing so. Then people can decide if they want all of their friends to be informed of their comments.
*Encourage your friends to restrict their setting to "Friends" or custom lists too.
There are a lot more advice about security but I decided to just let you go to Snopes to check it out. Here is the link:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/timeline.asp
All this has aggravated me enough that I just won't be using Facebook much from now on. I don't think I want to tell my friends and relatives in Facebook what to do with their posts.
I don't understand any of this.
ReplyDeleteI don't do Facebook, mainly because I feel if someone is not in my life now, it is probably for good reason. I still have a couple friends from the second grade so I tend to keep those dear to me near. However my sister is a big FB person so I will send her this link. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGood idea! Great advice, I felt so uncomfortable with facebook I quit!
ReplyDeleteGood topic. For a variety of reasons, I closed my FB account. I connect with people through e-mail. I would rather have six real friends than 600 BFF that I have never met and know nothing about. I treasure face time with real people I already know. Blogs give me a chance to meet new people slowly without bringing in a bunch of people who don't necessarily have anything in common as on FB. Not to be too negative, but it just isn't my thing and I found it far too intrusive. I manage my life and communications, they don't.
ReplyDeleteI tried to close Facebook last year and it didn't work so I don't use it any more.
ReplyDeleteShall we add "Facebook secuity" to the list of oxymorons?
ReplyDeleteI get on Facebook less and less these days. I like to see what my family and friends are up to, but I'm wondering about the direction FB is taking us. Thanks for the tips, Kay.
ReplyDeleteKay, I hate to tell you this information isn't entirely true. If you go to the Snopes.com Website and search for "Facebook Graph App" you'll get a good description.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Kathy! I didn't think to check it out on Snopes.com because I thought my friend was a good source. I'm afraid she was fooled too. Dina told me that she is getting suspicious of anything that's all in caps. You know... There's some truth to that. It's hard to know what is true and what is not anymore these days. Sigh...
DeleteI don't do facebook, because blogging is enough for me.
ReplyDeleteGood to know, thanks Kay.
ReplyDeletetheir settings change so much it's a bit confusing
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant Kay, thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteI go on Facebook every day. I link my blogs to Facebook. I "like" or comment all of the time. I see these warnings all of the time and I ignore them. I have yet to understand what the threat is. If I don't want something known, I don't post it in the first place.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, of course. I guess I have to figure out what my common sense should be telling me.
DeleteThere's a lot of hysteria over Facebook. I don't put anything on Facebook I don't want to share. Privacy is not high on my agenda. I'm in communication mode. For some reason, the tech savvy people are especially afraid of Facebook. My Facebook is "my letter to the world which never wrote to me." (Emily Dickinson) It adds to my life at this time of my life and it's not as much trouble as a blog would be. Honestly, since you said Snopes said this scare is all baloney, I don't know where you stand. Mixed message.
ReplyDeleteActually, it didn't exactly say it was baloney. It said this was not going to insure privacy. You would have to ask your friends to change the settings on their posts and obviously that's not something you should ask anyone to do. I guess I don't know what to think, thus the mixed message. It's good to hear what everybody else thinks.
DeleteI use Facebook all the time to share things with my friends and family. I don't post anything on there or anywhere else that I wouldn't want people to know. Privacy these days is an illusion anyway and you can drive yourself crazy trying to obtain it. Set your Facebook setting to share with friends only. Simple. Don't overthink it.
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I think you're very right and will follow your advice. Thank you very much.
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