6 steps to protect your privacy on Facebook

Sunday, March 6, 2011

6 steps to protect your privacy on Facebook

in 14:31 GMT , By الصحة الاول

Raised the issue of privacy on the Facebook social site famous sensation during the recent period, so we offer you some simple steps that can be taken to protect and preserve privacy:

1 - Do not give information that does not want others to see by any party or person. Quite simply, anything to put on the Internet travels and can be reached easily.
Be careful before giving your personal information that can be used by fraudsters. Before the publication of images or video clips Ask

yourself if you are comfortable to see all your family members, friends and colleagues in the work of current and future, and even strangers to these images and clips, as it is in all cases, there is an opportunity to make this material available to the public.

2 - If you plan to use Facebook for business purposes or to play, create a separate account. This way you will not mix with members of your family and your friends with thousands of strangers who I've met only through the social gaming, such as Farmville or e-commerce activities of your own.

3 - Do not add strangers to your friends list on Facebook.

4 - Set your privacy settings. Be aware that the default settings to allow exchange of larger amount of information that you want to keep others out. Remember that Facebook has business interests and wanted to get your information. And you should make sure these settings at least once a month because of the many updates by the site.

5 - Be careful when you deal with applications (Apps), where they ask you to get your personal information, you do not know how you will use this information. This is the equivalent of you open your door to a stranger then you will be informed shortly after he does what he wants.

6 - Do not use the same word traffic (password) on your facebook to other accounts as accounts e-mail or bank accounts.

Always remember, that in light of this digital age, most of your personal information is already available to others. You through these steps, you can keep for yourself some protection and privacy,

But when doubt enters

suspicion immediately back to Rule No. 1 if you do not want the world to know what information you do not post them.