Monday, December 14, 2009

Another chicken-little facebook status is going around. Here's the truth

There's no such thing as privacy online. Even if you go completely private, all of your friends can still see all of your info. That means one nefarious friend can grab a screenshot of your phone number and give it to the NSA. Are you paranoid yet?
If you're truly concerned about managing who can and who can't see your facebook statuses, wall posts, and photos just go to facebook's Privacy Settings page. (Click on your name in the upper right hand corner of the window, then click on Privacy Settings.)
As far as what Google (and Bing) index about your page. As far as I know only things that are set to "Everyone" are shared with search engines. I could be wrong.
Here's a Wired.com Wiki on how to secure your facebook data, if that's what you really want.
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Un-Facebook_Yourself

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