Facebook Privacy and Security Guide
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The document is a privacy and security guide for Facebook users, providing essential tips and settings to enhance account security, such as using unique passwords, managing friend requests, and being cautious with shared information. It outlines specific privacy settings under 'how you connect' and emphasizes the importance of reviewing applications, blocking unwanted users, and maintaining control over one's profile visibility. The guide advises treating all posted information as public and suggests additional security measures like enabling secure browsing and setting up login notifications.
Facebook Privacy and Security Guide
- 1. Facebook Privacy & Security Guide | Presented by SocialMediaSecurity.com This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. – Questions? feedback@socialmediasecurity.com v3.0 1) Set appropriate privacy and security defaults and choose a complex/unique password for your account. 2) Be careful installing third-party applications. Don’t install applications from sources you don’t trust. 3) Only accept friend requests from people you know directly. 4) Read the privacy policy and terms of service carefully. Limit personal information you share. 5) Be careful what you post. Consider all information and pictures you post as public! The following settings are under How You Connect then by selecting Edit Settings: Who can look up your profile by name? – Everyone* Who can send you friend requests? – Everyone Send you Facebook messages? – Everyone Who can post on your Wall? – Friends * You can limit who can find you while still being social if you set this to Friends of Friends. How You Connect 5 Tips for Using any Social Network WARNING! Social network websites can be hazardous if you don’t change the default settings! Instructions: Start with the “5 Tips” below then configure your Facebook account with the suggested Privacy and Security settings in this guide. These settings should be your “baseline”. Adjust them based on your own needs and level of risk. Please read this guide and pass it on to friends and family members! Apps and Websites Select Edit Settings under Apps and Websites under the Privacy Settings page. These settings apply to applications, games and websites. Apps you use This section shows applications you have installed and when you last used them. You can also remove specific applications or remove yourself from all applications completely. This is the Turn off all platform apps setting. Note: If you turn off Platform, you'll be disconnected from all applications and websites you have authorized. This will also remove all of your application data and settings related to those applications. What applications can access: Facebook applications by default can access anything you share as Everyone including all of your default “public” information. Public information on Facebook is defined as your name, profile picture, gender, networks, username and user id (account number). How people bring your info to apps they use Facebook applications your friends install can view your public Facebook information and anything you have set to Everyone. In addition, anything you select in this section will be viewable by your friend’s applications. We suggest you uncheck all of these boxes. Instant personalization Under Instant Personalization you should uncheck the box to Enable instant personalization on partner websites. This allows your public information to be automatically shared with certain third-party websites. To prevent your friends from sharing any of your information with an instant personalization partner, you also need to block the applications: Microsoft Docs.com, Pandora, Yelp, Bing, TripAdvisor, Rotten Tomatoes, Clicker, Scribd. See https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=1188 for links to each of these applications. At the application screen click the “Block Application” link on the left side of the page. Click on How Tags Work and select the following settings: Profile Review – Set to On Tag Review – Set to On Maximum Profile Visibility – Friends Tag Suggestions – Set to Off Friends Can Check You Into Places – Set to Off How Tags Work Control Your Default Privacy These settings can be found by clicking the arrow on the top right then click Privacy Settings. This should be set to Friends and will apply to status updates and photos you post to your profile.
- 2. Facebook Privacy & Security Guide | Presented by SocialMediaSecurity.com This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. – Questions? feedback@socialmediasecurity.com v3.0 Public Search Deselect the checkbox under Public Search. Enabling this setting allows anyone to search for your profile and any information you have set to Everyone with an Internet search engine like Google. Important note about your searchable information! Regardless of this setting your default public information name, profile picture, gender, networks, username and user id (account number) and status updates you set to Everyone can also be searched through the Facebook Graph API. What is the Graph API? Visit: http://youropenbook.org/ for an eye opening demonstration. Blocking and Creating Friend Lists Blocking is a nice feature in Facebook if you need to prevent someone from trying to communicate with you. Be careful, if the person you are blocking has an application installed, that application could potentially pull private information about you to the person you blocked! Be sure to review your applications settings. You can select people you want to block under Privacy Settings and Blocked People and Apps. Creating lists and putting your friends into specific groups or categories is also great idea to limit some of your information. For example, you could have co-workers in one group and family members in another. Once you have lists created you can exclude those lists from viewing certain things in your profile. Your profile information is set by clicking on Profile near the upper right side of the main Facebook page then clicking on the Info tab, and finally Edit Information. Note: Facebook now links your personal interests to Facebook Community Pages. Be careful, this means your interests are automatically public once you become a fan of that page! Use caution when setting your profile information! We recommend that when putting information in your profile you consider the following: 1) Don’t show your real birthday. Use a fake birthday instead. Birthdays are sometimes used as a means to verify your identity and could be used against you. 2) Use extreme caution when posting your phone numbers, address and work information. Even something as simple as political or religious views could be used against you or in a way you didn’t approve of. For example, what if a future employer found your Facebook profile and didn’t like your views on a particular subject? What if your current employer found your profile? What would they think? 3) Watch the pictures that you post! Sure, those pictures of you drunk at that awesome party were cool but think about if those pictures made their way out to the entire Internet? Remember, your friends can still copy your photos and save them outside of Facebook. 4) We advise not posting information about your current employer. However, several factors should influence this decision: Your risk level, the business you are in, and how your employer might perceive you and other employees letting the world know you work for them. Consult your employer and any social media policies that your employer may have for more information. Finally, treat everything you post as public information! Even with the privacy settings in this guide all information you post and pictures you upload can find it’s way outside of Facebook or used for a purpose you didn’t approve of! Profile Information You can make these exclusions under How You Connect -> Who can see Wall posts by others on your profile under the main privacy page. To create Lists, go to Account -> Edit Friends then select All Connections on the left side. Other Important Settings Limit the Audience for Old Posts on Your Profile This is a kill switch to change all past public posts to Friends. Only use this if you feel you need to. Facebook Ads shown by third party applications This controls how your information can interact with ads shown by third-party advertisers on Facebook. We recommend removing yourself from both of these options. These settings are located under Account Settings -> Facebook Ads Tab. Set both of these settings to No one. Enable Secure Browsing (https) and Login Notifications Account Settings-> Security-> Enable Secure Browsing (check the box) and the box for Login Notifications. For additional security check the box for Login Approvals and enter your mobile number. Facebook will send a SMS code to your phone that you use when signing-in in addition to your password. Set a Security Question for added security under Security Settings as well.