Suggested Facebook Privacy & Security Settings
Suggested Facebook Privacy & Security Settings
- Be cautious with what you choose to share
- Implied false trust
- Damage your career
- Attacks against you, your family, your friends, co-workers, and the College
- Be aware of what others post about you and your family
- Facebook “Lists” feature
- Create and maintain lists for different audiences
- Use “Acquaintances” for people you don’t interact with often
- Use appropriate lists when posting or tagging or choosing what personal profile info to share
- No need to share everything with everyone ever!
Suggested Privacy and Security Settings
- Account Settings | General | Email
- Email – uncheck “Allow friends to include my email address in downloads”
- Linked Accounts – review periodically
- Account Settings | Security
- Enable secure browsing
- Enable login notifications
- Enable login approvals
- Privacy Settings
- Set profile privacy directly from profile (see below)
- Set default privacy for devices without audience selector
- How you connect – set as restrictive as possible
- Note: People you restrict from seeing Wall posts from others will not be able to post to your Wall
- How tags work
- Enable profile review
- Enable tag review
- Set maximum profile visibility as restrictive as possible
- Apps and websites – review often, set as restrictive as possible
- Limit audience for past posts – recommended
- Privacy Settings
- Click “Edit Profile” from your profile page
- Set all items on all pages as restrictive as possible with audience selector
- Recommended maximum privacy setting is “Friends except Acquaintances”, e.g. don’t use “Friends” or “Public”
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