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- 2. SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORMS • Before choosing one you should consider the following points: • Does it provide connection over SSL (like https) for all uses of the site, rather than just during login? Are there no problems related to encryption, such as problems related to encryption certificates? • Read the End User License Agreement and Privacy Policy or Data Use Policy carefully. How are your content and personal data treated? With whom are they shared? For a useful add-on which helps users undestand the Terms of Service of many popular sites, see Terms of Service; Didn't Read. • What privacy options are provided for users? Can you choose to share your videos securely with a small number of individuals, or are they all public by default? • Do you know the geographical location of the servers, under which territorial jurisdiction they fall or where the company is registered? Are you aware of how this information relates to the privacy and security of your email activity and information? Will the site's owners hand over information if they receive a governmental request to do so?
- 3. 2.1 HOW TO CREATE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT • To create Facebook account open your web browser, (we recommend Firefox web browser with security add-ons or Tor Browser), and type https://www.facebook.com into address bar, to arrive at Facebook's homepage.
- 4. Step 1 • If you use your public or work-related e-mail address, this will make it easier for possible adversaries to find you. Note also that Facebook's Terms of Use require you to use your real name when using Facebook. • You can provide a false name, although it should be noted that this goes against Facebook's Terms of Use and you may still be identifiable according to your IP address, among other things. • Connecting to Facebook through software such as Tor Browser is also difficult as Facebook remembers your location and may mistake your logins for attempted break- ins. • Considering all of the above, if you are concerned that your identification, or the linking of your Facebook activities to your offline work or personal life, might pose a threat to your life, liberty, health, or work, or that of your family or friends, perhaps it is better not to register or use Facebook.
- 5. • Step 2. Make sure you have read and understood Facebook's Terms of Use and Data Use Policy before clicking sign up. These contain important information about what information you are handing over to Facebook and how it will be used by them. • • Step 3. On the Find Your Friends screen Facebook asks you to provide your email address and password in order to look for contacts from your e-mail account on Facebook, who you can later add as Facebook contacts. We very strongly recommend that you skip this step.
- 7. • Step 4. On the Profile Information screen Facebook asks you to provide information such as the High school, College or University you attended, and your current Employer. While this information may make it easier for friends to find you, it will also make it easier for adversaries to find you too. We recommend that you click skip this step.
- 9. • Step 5. On the Profile Picture screen Facebook asks you to provide a picture of yourself, either by uploading one or taking a picture with your webcam.
- 10. 2.2 GENERAL SETTINGS • Step 6. From your Facebook Home page, click on the small arrow beside Home in the top right-hand corner and select Settings.
- 11. • Step 7. You should update your password regularly, preferably at least once every three months. Remember, it is extremely important that you choose a strong password to protect your account and your information. • Step 8. Your network: Facebook allows you to join networks, based on criteria such as your high school, university, employer, hometown or current city, as a means of making it easier for people to find and connect with you. While this may make it easier for you to find contacts, it will also make it easier for people, including adversaries, to find you. Considering the volume of users of the site, it is improbable that you need to join a network in order to connect with the people you know and trust on Facebook.
- 12. • Step 9. Click on in the menu on the left hand side. This will open the Security Settings page.
- 14. • Step 10. Click on the Login Notifications tab. Here, you can choose to be notified if an attempt is made to log in to your Facebook page from a device which you have not used before. Choose whether to receive by Email or Text Message/Push Notification. • Note: If you select to receive alerts via Text Message, this means you will link your mobile phone number to your Facebook account, making your activities on the site more easily identifiable.
- 16. • Step 11. Login Approvals: For added security, you can choose to have to enter a security code every time your account is accessed from a computer or device Facebook does not recognise. The security code will be send as SMS to your mobile phone. • Note: Enabling this option will make it more difficult for someone else to access your account unless they also have access to your mobile phone. However, as mentioned above, it also involves associating your mobile phone number with your Facebook account. You should consider the pros and cons of this for your own situation and make the choice which you consider more secure for you.
- 17. • Step 12. Code Generator: This setting allows you to use the Facebook mobile app on your smartphone in order to generate login codes or new passwords.
- 18. • Step 13. Application Passwords: If you use applications on Facebook, this option allows you to generate individual passwords for them. Unless you have a specific need to do so, however, we recommend avoiding Facebook applications. • Step 14. Trusted Contacts: This option allows you to select certain contacts from your Facebook friends who can help you to log-in to your account if for some reason you are otherwise unable to. This is done through sharing a secret code with your contact. If you decide to use this option, be sure to choose your trusted contacts carefully and establish a secure means of communication for sharing the code.
- 19. • Step 15. Trusted Browsers: Here you can review the browsers most frequently used to access your Facebook account. • Step 16. Active Sessions: This shows details of any Facebook session that you may have forgotten to log out of - for example in an internet café, or a friend's computer - and therefore is still active. The location is determined by the IP address. • It is very important to close these sessions in order to prevent anyone else accessing your Facebook account, especially if you note any devices in the list which are not yours or you do not recognise. To do this, simply click End Activity beside each active session.
- 20. 2.4 PRIVACY SETTINGS AND TOOLS • Step 1. To edit your Facebook Privacy Settings, click on the small arrow beside Home in the top right-hand corner and select Settings.
- 21. • Step 2. This will take you to the Settings menu. On the left-hand side, choose Privacy.
- 22. • Who can see my stuff? • Step 3. The first option here creates a default rule for your future status updates: Who can see your future posts?. Here, you can choose between making them available to the entire public, your Facebook friends, yourself only, or a custom group which you can determine. • Step 4. The second option allows you to review the posts which other Facebook users have tagged you in. To see this, click on Use Activity Log.
- 24. • Step 5. The thrid option allows you to restrict access to previous status updates of yours which may have been public. Note, however, the limitation that individuals you tagged and their friends will still be able to see this content.
- 25. • Who can contact me? • Step 6. In this section, you can decide who is able to send you a friend request. This is not particularly important in terms of information security, since in the end, it is still you who decides who to accept as a friend, and you should always exercise caution and avoid adding people who are unknown or untrusted. If you want to change this setting, click Edit. • Step 7. Whose messages do I want filtered into my inbox?: Facebook allows you to filter the messages you receive into two folders: Inbox and Other. Here you can choose between Basic Filtering, which is more permissive of messages from people who are not on your friend list, and Strict Filtering, which is less permissive.
- 27. • Who can look me up? • Step 8. Here, you can limit the ease with which people can look you up by knowing your phone number or e-mail address (although this is still technically possible), as well as limiting people's ability to find your Facebook page via search engines. The default settings make it as easy as possible for individuals to find you this way, including possible adversaries. Click Edit on the first two options and ensure that only Friends can search for you by your e-mail address and phone number. For the third option, click Edit and uncheck the box which says Let other search engines link to your timeline.
- 29. 2.5 TIMELINE AND TAGGING • Step 1. In the left-hand sidebar, click on the Timeline and Tagging menu.
- 30. • Step 2. If you want your timeline to be truly yours, it's advisable to disallow posts on your timeline from anyone but yourself. To do this, click edit beside Who can post on your timeline and select Only Me. • Step 3. Here, you can decide what happens when other friends tag you in their posts and photographs. It is advisable that you click edit and enable the Review posts that friends tag you in... option so that you can prevent any irresponsible tagging from friends appearing on your timeline. However, this won't prevent their posts (including your tag) from being visible to their friends, or perhaps even the public, depending on their settings
- 32. • Step 4. Who can see things on my timeline? This item is associated with the previous options. Previously, we've decided who gets to publish material to your timeline, and here, you get to decide who can read them. If you click Edit, you can change these settings so that either everyone, friends of friends, a custom group of people, or only yourself can see posts you've been tagged in, or things others post on your timeline. • The first option, View As, is an interesting way to see what certain individuals can see on your timeline. However, keep in mind that Facebook can still record all of the above and share it with third parties including law enforcement.
- 34. • Step 5. How can I manage tags people add and tagging suggestions? This refers to tags of you by other users of Facebook. It's best if you switch on the Review tags people add to your own posts before the tags appear on Facebook option, and limit the audience for the second option to Only Me. Facebook has begun using a form of facial recognition technology which allows it to identify photographs that look like you among your friends' and contacts' photos and suggest that they tag you in the photos. Naturally, for rights advocates, this could be particularly sensitive and therefore it's strongly recommended that you deactivatethis option if it is available to you.
- 35. 2.6 BLOCKING USERS AND APPS • Step 6. In the menu on the left, select Blocking. Here, Facebook offers ample opportunities for blocking unwanted, intrusive, and sometimes potentially dangerous information.
- 36. • Step 7. Restricted List. Here, you can discretely add Facebook friends to a list which will limit them to only being able to view information you share publicly on your timeline (per the settings we explored above). To add friends to the list, click Edit List.
- 37. • Step 8. Block users. Here you can block a user from accessing your Facebook page, any of your content, or adding you as a friend.
- 38. • Step 9. Block app invites. Often, we will have Facebook friends who are enthusiastic about a particular application, often a game, and they will continuously send us invites to join this game. Here, you can block application invites from such friends.
- 39. • Step 10. Block event invites. Similarly, here you can block invitations to events from certain Facebook friends.
- 40. • Step 11. Block application. As the name suggests, here you can prevent an application from accessing all but your public information.
- 41. 2.7 FOLLOWERS • Step 16. Click on Followers from the menu on the left. • Step 17. Ensure that Friends is selected.
- 42. 2.8 APPLICATIONS Many Facebook users love and actively use applications — for example, games and ways to empower communications, such as social readers. Each application is associated with your Facebook account, and the basic data of your Facebook account will be available to any application (such as your name, gender, public pictures and network). Also, when installing a new application, it may ask for your permission to have access to the same or other information about you and your friends. This includes a variety of data, such as age, place of residence, education, circle of friends and contacts. Thus, the application can gather and share information such as what country you come from and where you currently are. Some of this information you may consider sensitive. Therefore, for safety reasons, we recommend not to use Facebook applications unless you really need to.
- 43. • Step 1. Click on Apps in the menu on the left.
- 44. Step 2. Apps you use. Here, you can enable or disable the so-called "Facebook Platform" which allows you to use Apps. By default, this option is enabled. It allows you, for example, to register for other sites using your Facebook account. On the one hand, this is convenient: no need to spend time on the registration form and fill in all the fields, especially if you do not intend to make frequent use of this site (for example, you want to leave a comment on a news story, or sign a petition). On the other hand, your comment will be linked to your Facebook account, recorded and possibly shared. If using Apps isn't important to you or your work, it's recommended that you click Turn Off Platform in order to better protect your privacy. If you do decide to leave the option enabled, then pay attention to the list of applications already installed at this point. Do you really need them all? Step 3. By clicking on an app you can see what information it has access to.
- 46. • Step 4. To remove an application, click on the 'x' beside the app in the list, and then click Remove in the warning window which pops up.
- 47. Step 5 Apps others use. We also have to consider that some of our Facebook friends bring our information into the apps that they use. By clicking on Apps others use, you can un-check the boxes beside categories of your information which you don't want to share with your friends' applications.
- 49. Step 6. Instant personalisation. Facebook's Instant Personalization also grants certain websites access to your public profile information when you visit them. What these sites do is that they adjust their web contents to suit your wants and needs, thus creating a personalized experience. To be more secure, if this service is available in your region, you should disable it. Step 7. Click on the screen which will appear to explain what Instant Personalisation is, and at the bottom of the next page, make sure the box marked Enable instant personalisation on partner websites is unchecked.
- 50. 2.9 ADVERTISING SETTINGS Step 1. In the column on the left, select Ads. Facebook currently promises not to associate your name or picture with third-party advertisements, although they leave space for this to be possible in the future. It's a good idea to change these settings so that your details still remain private in case advertising rules change in the future: Step 2. Click Edit beside Third Party Sites. Step 3. Select No-one and select Save Changes.
- 52. • Step 4. Social Ads. Here, Facebook encourages users to become ambassadors for products or pages they have 'liked'. This means that you could be used to advertise a page or product to your friends. If this makes you uncomfortable, it's recommended that you disable it. • Step 5. Under Ads and friends, click Edit and select No-One from the drop-down menu.
- 54. • Step 6. Website and mobile app custom audiences. Facebook by default tries to pick to display targeted advertising on your tastes and interests. To get rid of this, you need to click on the Opt Out link in this paragraph.
- 55. • This will open a page titled Custom Audiences from your Website and Mobile App, where Facebook gives more information about its advertising policy. In the middle of the text is the Opt Out button for you to confirm.
- 56. • After a request for confirmation, you will see the result: Note that changes made to this setting are not recorded by Facebook, but are rather stored in your browser. Unfortunately, you must repeat this process for every browser, app and device you use to connect to Facebook.