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Question from Alex: This is probably a dumb question but I’ll ask it anyway.
Will my friends (and their friends) still be able to see a photo that I deleted after they have shared it?
I posted a picture a few days ago that I really shouldn’t have posted and it was shared like crazy by my friends. I deleted it this morning, but will they still be able to see it? [Read more…]
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Question from Greg: I have my Facebook privacy set to “Friends”, not “Public”.
If I post something on my Timeline, can my friends’ friends who are not on my own friends list see it?
Also, if I comment on a friend’s post, can their friends who are not my friends too see my comment? [Read more…]
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You might not be aware of this, but Facebook’s search feature is quite powerful and extremely thorough in the way it conducts its searches.
As a matter of fact, virtually every public post, comment and photo you have ever placed on Facebook will come up in another user’s search results unless you have your privacy settings configured to prevent it. [Read more…]
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I write a lot about Facebook security, and I usually include one very important tip…
Set the privacy level for most everything on your Facebook account to Friends.
While I still strongly recommend that you do that, it’s important to remember that simply setting everything to “Friends” won’t guarantee that your personal info will never be seen by a nefarious stranger. [Read more…]
As you probably know, Facebook asks for some pretty sensitive information when someone signs up for an account.
For example, among other things they request our address, phone number and birthdate.
Many folks just go ahead and enter whatever info Facebook asks for without giving it a second thought, and then they make that info viewable by all of their Facebook friends.
Even worse, lots of other folks make their personal info viewable by the general public (i.e. billions of complete strangers)!
That, in my opinion, is a very bad mistake. [Read more…]