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Warning: Don’t depend on Facebook’s privacy settings to protect your sensitive info

Posted on February 25, 2025

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Many Facebook users believe setting the privacy level of their posts and photos to “Friends” will prevent their private/sensitive info from ever being seen by a stranger.

Unfortunately, that isn’t necessarily the case.

While “Friends” is the safest privacy level available (short of “Only Me”), it can’t put a pick-proof lock on the things you post on your Facebook profile.

One recent incident drives this point home quite well…

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Warning: Setting everything to Friends on Facebook won’t protect your personal info and photos

Posted on January 24, 2025

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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…]

Stop third-party companies from sharing info about you with Facebook

Posted on January 23, 2025

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If you use Facebook you’re probably aware that both the Facebook website and the mobile app collect all manner of data about you and then use that info for marketing and other purposes.

But did you know that other companies share the info they collect about you with Facebook as well? [Read more…]

Q&A: Does uploading photos to Facebook transfer their copyright to them?

Posted on January 22, 2025

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Question from Darla: Hi, Rick. I hope you can answer a Facebook question for me.

I’m an amateur photographer but I’m hoping to go pro before too long.

I regularly upload some of my best photos to my Facebook profile to get feedback from my friends and other photographers.

I was chatting with one of my photographer friends the other day and she said once I upload a photo to Facebook they automatically become the copyright holder of that photo and they can do anything they want to with it. [Read more…]

How to secure your online identity: A guide to data privacy tools

Posted on October 25, 2024

In the modern age of technology, the online identity of individuals is constantly at risk. No matter if you are shopping, socializing, or gaming. During each of these activities, personal data is being collected, sorted, and often sold without your knowledge or consent.

From social media platforms to e-commerce sites, the spectrum and importance of personal information is very broad and important. This is why it is important to take proper precautions so your data is safe and kept private. [Read more…]

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